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.

قلم ḳalam A s. m. (by Hindūs s. f. Sans. कलम Gr. ka/lamos) 1. A reed. 2. A pen. 3. A mode of writing characters, handwriting. 4. s. f. Cuttings of trees, &c. for planting, a set, a slip. 5. A kind of firework. قلم انداز ḳalam- andāz, Throwing away the pen. قلم بند کرنا ḳalam band karnā, To take down, to write. قلم بندي ḳalam-band-ī, s. f. Signature, signing an agreement. قلم تراش ḳalam-tarāsh, s. f. A penknife. قلم جاري هونا ḳalam jārī honā, Le- vying of forces. قلمدان ḳalam-dām, s. m. An inkstand. قلمرو ḳalam-rau, s. m. Empire, sove- reignty, jurisdiction. قلم کار ḳalam-kār, An en- graver. قلم کاري ḳalam-kār-ī, s. f. Engraving. قلم کرنا ḳalam karnā, To cut. قلم کشي ḳalam- kash-ī, s. f. Writing. قلم لگانا ḳalam lagānā, To plant slips or cuttings.

قلندر ḳalandar A s. m. 1. A kind of monk, who deserts the world, wife, friends, &c. and travels about with shaven head and beard. 2. The fly of a tent.

قاضي ḳāẓī A (part. act. of قضا) s. m. A judge, a justice.

قضاق ḳaẓẓāḳ U s. m. Robber, brigand, free- booter.

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

قوال ḳauwāl A (adj. superl. of قول) 1. s. m. A kind of musician, a singer. 2. adj. Speaking.

قصدا ḳaṣdaṉ A adv. Voluntarily, intentionally, purposely, expressly.

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

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