قدس ḳuds A (Heb. ) 1. s. m. Holiness, sanctity. 2. Jerusalem. 3. The angel Gabriel. 4. adj. Holy, pure.

قاقم ḳāḳum A s. m. A fine kind of ermine.

قرقي ḳurḳ-ī A adj. Confiscated. قرقي پروانه ḳurḳ-ī parwāna, A warrant issued to sequester a pro- perty.

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.

قحط ḳaḥt̤ A s. m. Famine, dearth. قحط زده ḳaḥt̤-zada, adj. Overwhelmed with dearth, fa- mished. قحط سالي ḳaḥt̤-sāl-ī, s. f. Famine, dearth.

قانون ḳānūn G. (Gr. kanwn) s. m. 1. Rule, regula- tion, statute, canon, institute, system. 2. A dulcimer, or harp. قانونگو ḳānūn-go, s. m. An officer in each district, acquainted with its cus- toms, the nature of the tenures of the land, &c. قانونگوٴي ḳānūn-go-ī, s. f. The office of a ḳā- nūn-go, q. v.

قرن ḳarn A (from قرن ḳarana, To join) s. m. 1. Conjunction of the planets. 2. A period of (40, 10, 20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, or 120) years. (Ḳām.).

قوال ḳauwāl A (adj. superl. of قول) 1. s. m. A kind of musician, a singer. 2. adj. Speaking.

قامت ḳāmat A (from قوم Heb. To stand) s. f. Stature, shape, form, figure, body.

قاطبتا ḳāt̤ibatā A adv. All together.