قزل باشي ḳazal-bāshī T (comp. of t. قزل ḳizil, Red, and باش The head) s. m. A kind of Mug̠ẖal soldier. The ḳazal-bāshīs are consi- dered to be the descendants of the captives given to Shaikh Haidar by Tamerlane. They wore the red caps assumed by those captives as a mark of distinction, and are considered as the best troops of the Persian armies.

قنبر ḳumbur A s. A lark. ¶ ḳambar, Name of a man.

قلقاري ḳilḳārī H. (perhaps, from s. किलकिला)

قفل ḳufl A s. m. A lock, a bolt.

قمار ḳimār A (from قمر) s. m. Dice, or any game of hazard. قمار باز ḳimār-bāz, A gambler. قمار بازي ḳimār-bāz-ī, s. f. Gaming. قماري ḳimār-ī, s. m. A gambler.

قاتل ḳātil A part. act. (of قتل) 1. Killing. 2. s. m. A murderer, assassin. 3. Homicide. 4. adj. Mortal, deadly, fatal.

قتيل ḳatīl A part. (of قتل) Killed, murdered. A. P. قحبگي ḳaḥba-gī (comp. of قحبه and Pers. particle گي) s. f. Whoredom, fornication.

قيصر ḳaiṣar L. (Lat. Cæsar. Gr. *kaisar) s. m. Cæsar, an emperour. The general name for the Greek or Turkish emperour.

قالبي ḳālib-ī A. adj. Cast in a mould, made on a mould, moulded.

قباحت ḳabāḥat A (from قبح) s. f. Villainy, de- formity, turpitude, dishonesty, baseness, base action, evil, ill, wrong, inconvenience.