قابل ḳābil A (from قبل) 1. part. act. Receiving, taking. 2. adj. Possible, capable, worthy, fit, skilful, sufficient, able, clever, deserving. قابل هونا ḳābil honā, To deserve, to merit.

ق ḳāf called قاف قرشت the twenty-first letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in pure Persian, and has no analogous letter in Sans- krit. Its sound differs from that of ک or the

قرناٴي ḳarnāʼī A or ḳarnāʼe (Chald. from قرن Heb. and Chald. To be horned, to radiate) s. f. A trumpet, a horn (musical), a bugle, a clarion, cornet.

قدرتي ḳudrat-ī A. adj. Of omnipotence, not made or produced by man. قدرتي زنگ ḳudrat-ī-rang, 1. White. 2. Natural colour (not stained or died). A. P. قدري ḳadr-e, s. Somewhat, a little, a quantity.

قديمي ḳadīm-ī A. adj. Old, ancient, aged.

قسمت ḳismat A s. f. (dakh. s. m.) 1. Fate, for- tune, lot. 2. Share, distribution, portion, division.

قدسي ḳuds-ī A 1. adj. Holy. 2. s. m. The angel Gabriel.

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.

قضايا ḳaẓāyā A s. plur. (of قضيه) Quarrels, &c.

قاطبتا ḳāt̤ibatā A adv. All together.