قلم ḳalam A s. m. (by Hindūs s. f. Sans. कलम Gr. ka/lamos) 1. A reed. 2. A pen. 3. A mode of writing characters, handwriting. 4. s. f. Cuttings of trees, &c. for planting, a set, a slip. 5. A kind of firework. قلم انداز ḳalam- andāz, Throwing away the pen. قلم بند کرنا ḳalam band karnā, To take down, to write. قلم بندي ḳalam-band-ī, s. f. Signature, signing an agreement. قلم تراش ḳalam-tarāsh, s. f. A penknife. قلم جاري هونا ḳalam jārī honā, Le- vying of forces. قلمدان ḳalam-dām, s. m. An inkstand. قلمرو ḳalam-rau, s. m. Empire, sove- reignty, jurisdiction. قلم کار ḳalam-kār, An en- graver. قلم کاري ḳalam-kār-ī, s. f. Engraving. قلم کرنا ḳalam karnā, To cut. قلم کشي ḳalam- kash-ī, s. f. Writing. قلم لگانا ḳalam lagānā, To plant slips or cuttings.

قطب ḳut̤b A s. m. 1. The iron spindle or axis on which a millstone turns. 2. The polar star, the north pole. قطب جنوبي ḳut̤b-i-janūb-ī,

قرحه ḳarḥa A (from قرح) s. m. A wound, a pimple, sore, ulcer. قرحه هونا ḳarḥa honā, To fester.

قماش ḳumāsh A (vulg. ḳimāsh) s. m. 1. Breeding, manners. 2. Trifles. 3. Goods, furniture of every kind. 4. Close or thick texture (in cloth, paper, &c.), texture, any thing heaped or collected together. ¶ ḳimāsh, Name of a suit at cards: see under تاج tāj.

قطعه ḳit̤ʼaﻌ A s. m. 1. A section, a cutting, a fragment, a division. 2. A strophe. قطعه بند ḳit̤ʼaﻌ-band, adj. A kind of verse, in which the meaning of the first verse of each stanza is com- pleted in the last. ¶ ḳat̤ʼﻌ or ḳut̤ʼaﻌ, A divi- sion, plot, parcel or portion of land, segment, portion; cut, shape.

قناره ḳannāra A or ḳinnāra, s. m. Shambles where meat is exposed to sale.

قالين ḳālīn P s. f. See قالي ḳālī.

قدامت ḳadāmat A (vulg. ḳidāmat, from قدم) s. f. Priority, seniority, ancientness; excellence, worthiness.

قوام ḳawām A (from قوم Heb. ) s. m. Justice, equity. ¶ ḳiwām, That on which any thing rests, or in which it consists, essence, sirup.

قدما ḳudamā A s. plur. (of قديم ḳadīm) The ancients.