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qabẓ(inf. n. of قبض 'to take, seize,' etc.), s.f. Seizing, catching; seizure, capture; taking possession of; possession; confiscation, sequestration;—contraction; astringency; constipation, costiveness;—a receipt, voucher;—tax, tribute:—qabẓu’l-wuṣūl, s.f. A receipt, an acknowledgment, a discharge, an aquittance-roll:—qabẓkarnā, v.t. To catch, seize; to take possession of; to contract, etc.:—qabẓ-karne-wālā(f. -ī), adj. (in Med.) Astringent:—qabẓ-wār, adv. In the way of seizure, or confiscation, or distraint:—qabẓhonā, v.n. To be seized, etc.
Origin: Arabic