قطره ḳat̤ra A s. m. A drop (plur. قطرات). قطره زن ḳat̤ra-zan, or قطره زنان ḳat̤ra-zanān, adj. Drop-striking; cantering, going quick on the road, running hard.

قايد ḳāʼịd A (part. act. of قود) s. m. 1. A leader, a general. 2. The star in the tail of the lesser bear.

قطمير ḳit̤mīr A s. m. 1. The thin pellicle on a date stone. 2. Name of the dog which ac- companied the seven sleepers. نقيروقطمير na- ḳīr o ḳit̤mīr, adv. Minutely, exactly, to the point.

قولنج ḳūlinj G. or ḳūlanj, s. m. Colick.

قـﮩر ḳahr A s. m. Force, severity, chastisement, rage, fury, indignation, vengeance, judgment, calamity. قـﮩر قيامت ḳahr-ḳiyāmat, Great dis- turbance or commotion (is applied both in pane- gyrick and satire).

قنوط ḳunūt̤ A (from قنط) s. f. Despair.

قيس ḳais A n. prop. Name of a celebrated Ara- bian lover.

قرقرا ḳarḳarā A s. m. The name of a bird. (Ardea virgo).

قرضي ḳarẓ-ī A. adj. Borrowed, on credit.

قبض ḳabẓ A (Heb. To meet together, to contract) s. f. 1. Contraction. 2. Costiveness. 3. A receipt. 4. Tax, tribute. قبض الوصول ḳabẓu-l-wuṣūl, s. f. A receipt, acknowledgment. قبض کرنا ḳabẓ karnā, To seize, take possession of. قبض هونا ḳabẓ honā, To be seized, &c.