قساوت ḳasāwat A (from قسا Heb. To be hard) s. f. Hardness of heart, grief, anguish, pain, chagrin.

قصاب ḳaṣṣāb A (adj. superl. of قصب Heb. To cut in pieces) s. m. A butcher.

قابو ḳābū T. (from Turk. قاپو ḳāpū or قپو ḳapū, A gate; q. d. by which one may enter or arrive at the object of oneʼs desire) s. m. Power, com- mand, authority, opportunity, possession, will. قابوپانا ḳābū pānā, To get advantage or power (over). قابوپرست ḳābū-parast, adj. Tyranni- cal. قابوپرستي ḳābū-parast-ī, s. f. Tyranny. قابوچلانا ḳābū chalānā, To exercise oneʼs power, to take advantage. قابوچي ḳābū-chī, adj. Despotick, tyrannical.

قبه ḳubba A (from قبّ) s. m. A vault, an arch, a dome, a cupola; (hence) alcove.

قطعه ḳit̤ʼaﻌ A s. m. 1. A section, a cutting, a fragment, a division. 2. A strophe. قطعه بند ḳit̤ʼaﻌ-band, adj. A kind of verse, in which the meaning of the first verse of each stanza is com- pleted in the last. ¶ ḳat̤ʼﻌ or ḳut̤ʼaﻌ, A divi- sion, plot, parcel or portion of land, segment, portion; cut, shape.

قوقنوس ḳūḳnūs (ḳūḳnus, ḳuḳnus P or ḳuḳnūs,) s. m. The name of a bird, Phenix.

قاطع ḳāt̤iﻌ A part. act. (of قطع) 1. Cutting, rescinding. 2. adj. Peremptory, decisive, ex- plicit. قاطع الطريق ḳāt̤iʼuﻌ-t̤-t̤arīḳ, A highway- man, a robber.

قضات ḳuẓāt A s. plur. (of قاضي) Judges, jus- tices. ¶ ḳaẓʼat (from قضئي ḳaẓiʼa, To rot, to spoil) s. f. Vice, disgrace, stain.

قصب ḳaṣab A s. 1. A reed, pen or any thing hollow like a reed, as a bone or a metal tube. 2. A sort of fine linen. قصب پوشي ḳaṣab- posh-ī, s. f. The wearing or being dressed in fine linen.

قرحه ḳarḥa A (from قرح) s. m. A wound, a pimple, sore, ulcer. قرحه هونا ḳarḥa honā, To fester.