قوميت ḳaum-īyat A. s. f. Connexion, being of the same tribe, &c.

قرنفل ḳaranful G. (Gr. karuo/fullon) s. m. A clove.

قسم ḳism A s. f. 1. Kind, species, sort. 2. Part, division. ¶ ḳasam, s. f. An oath. قسم دلانا ḳasam dilānā, To administer an oath. قسم دينا ḳasam denā, To adjure. قسم کهـانا ḳasam khānā. To take an oath, to swear. ¶ ḳasm, s. Di- viding, parting.

قبايل ḳabāʼịl A s. m. plur. (of قبيله from قبل) 1. Family (wife and children, &c.). 2. Tribes.

قليل ḳalīl A (from قلّ Heb. ) adj. Little, small, scanty, moderate, a few, rare. قليل وکثير ḳalīl-o-kas̤īr, More or less, little or much.

قاعده ḳāʼiﻌda A (from قعد) s. m. 1. Basis; (hence) 2. Rule, custom, institute, system, institution, manners. 3. The rules of grammar.

قلاش ḳallāsh T adj. 1. Shrewd, malicious. 2. Wretched, friendless, cun- ning. 3. Addicted to drinking, a drunkard.

قوتي ḳūtī H. (Panj. कुत्ती) s. f. A box.

قرولي ḳaraulī T. (for قراولي) s. f. 1. A piquet, grand guard. 2. Hunting.

قراول ḳarāwal T s. m. f. 1. The advanced guard of an army. 2. A sentinel, a piquet. 3. A gamekeeper.