قنديل ḳandīl A s. f. 1. A candle. 2. Lantern, chandelier, shade.

قضيب ḳaẓīb A (from قضب Heb. To cut off, to beat with a rod) s. m. 1. A rod, a long slender branch. 2. A small sword. 3. Penis.

قتلا ḳatlā H. (for کتلا which for کترا from کترنا) s. m. A slice. (Eng. cutlets).

قلمقاني ḳilmaḳānī H s. f. A female armed atten- dant on a lady (perhaps a Calmuck).

قلندرا ḳalandarā A. s. m. 1. A kind of silk cloth. 2. The fly of a tent.

قسميه هونا ḳasam-īya honā A. S̱. v. n. To be sworn, to be bound by oath. بقسميه ba-ḳasam-īya, By oath.

قفا ḳafā A s. f. The back of the head, occiput, nape of the neck; behind, after.

قنوت ḳunūt A (from قنت To be obedient to God) s. f. Devotion, piety.

قبح ḳubḥ A s. m. Baseness, deformity.

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.