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quwwat (for A. قوة , v.n. fr. قوي 'to be robust, or strong,' etc.), s.f. Strength, power, virtue, force, vigour, energy; authority; a faculty:—quwwat-ě-aḵẖiẕa, Strength of mind:—quwwat-ě-bāṣira, Faculty of vision, sight:—quwwat-ě-bāh, Virile power; lust, sexual passion:—qawwat-ě-jāẕiba, Power of attraction; allurement; power of absorption:—quwwat-ě-ḥāfiz̤a, 'The conservative power,' memory:—quwwat-ě-dāfě’a, Power of expulsion; repelling power; (in Mech.) force of repulsion:—quwwat-ě-darrāka, Intellectual or conceptive faculty:—quwwat-ě-dil, Strength of mind:—quwwat denā(-ko), To impart strength (to), to strengthen:—quwwat-ě-ẕātīya (vulg. ẕātiya), Natural virtue or powers:—quwwat-ě-sāmě’a, The sense of hearing, hearing:—quwwat-ě-shāmma, The sense of smell, smelling:—quwwat-ě-g̠aẓabīya, The faculty or power of anger, irascible power; rage:—quwwat-ě-lāmisa, Sense of touch, touching:—quwwat-ě-māsika, Power of retention, retentive power:—quwwat-ě-mutaḵẖaiyila, or quwwat-ě-ḵẖayāl, The power of fancy; the thinking faculty; reason:—quwwat-ě-mutaṣarrifa, Volition:—quwwat-ě-mudrika, The power of apprehension or comprehension; the intellectual faculty, intellect:—quwwat-ě-mě’da, Strength of stomach; digestive power:—quwwat-ě-mumaiyiza, Discriminative power, discrimination:—quwwat-ě-hāẓima, Digestive power, digestion.
Origin: Persian