قضايا ḳaẓāyā A s. plur. (of قضيه) Quarrels, &c.

قفص ḳafaṣ A (Heb. and Chald. To re- strain, to shut up) s. m. A cage, a lattice, network.

قلگي ḳalgī T. s. f. (dakh.) See کلغي kalg̠ẖī.

قرنبيق ḳarambīḳ A s. m. An alembick, a still.

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

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

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.

قديمي ḳadīm-ī A. adj. Old, ancient, aged.

قاب ḳāb A (Heb. ) 1. s. f. A large dish used for serving rice, &c. in at a meal, or for kneading dough in, &c. 2. s. m. The distance be- tween the part where a bow is grasped by the hand and its extremities. قاب قوسين ḳāb-ḳau- sain, The distance of two bows, or rather of two bows from the part grasped by the hand to the extremities.

قوم ḳaum A s. f. Tribe, sect, cast, a people, na- tion, family. قوم و خويش ḳaum-o-ḵẖẉesh, plur. m. Friends and relations.