قدغن ḳadag̠ẖan P s. f. Injunction, prohibition. قدغن کرنا ḳadag̠ẖan karnā, To enjoin, to prohibit.

قاصر ḳāṣir A (part. act. of قصر) adj. Defective, unable, impotent, deficient, failing. قاصر البيان ḳāṣiru-l-bayān, Whose meaning is defective, in- explicable. قاصر اللسان ḳāṣiru-l-lisān, Deficient in tongue or language.

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

قسر ḳasr A s. m. Violence, compulsion, retalia- tion, revenge.

قنوج ḳannauj S̱. or ḳinnauj (कन्याकुज or कान्यकुज) Name of a celebrated city of In- dia, written by Europeans Canoge, or Kanouje, or Kinnoge.

قل ḳul A s. m. Reading of the sūra or chapter of the ḳurʼān, entitled ḳul huwa-l-lāh; which is done, by way of benediction, over fruits and sweetmeats presented to the guests, at the conclusion of the religious annual feasts, held in commemoration of ancestors and other relations. Hence, it comes to signify conclusion. قل هو چکا ḳul ho chukā, It is all over. قل هوالله پڙهنا ḳul huwa-l-lāh paṛhnā, To grumble (the bowels), to be hungry. (See under انتڙي).

قلبه ḳulba A s. m. A plough. قلبه راني ḳulba- rānī, s. f. Ploughing, driving the plough.

قاش ḳāsh T s. f. m. 1. The eyebrow; (hence) 2. A bit, a piece, a slice. زين کا قاش zīn kā ḳāsh, The bow or pommel of a saddle.

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

قـﮩوه ḳahwa A s. m. Coffee. قـﮩوه دان ḳahwa-dān, A coffee-pot.