قز

qaz (orig. kaz, or kazh), s.m. Raw silk; silk. T قزاق qazzāq, = T قزاك qazzāk, s.m. A Cossack; one of a gang of robbers, a robber, freebooter, brigand:—qazzāq-ě-ajal, The angel of death. T قزاك qazzāk, = T قزاق qazzāq, s.m. A Cossack; one of a gang of robbers, a robber, freebooter, brigand:—qazzāq-ě-ajal, The angel of death. T قزاقی qazzāqī, adj. Of or relating to a qazzāq; predatory;—s.f. The profession of a qazzāq; free-booting, brigandage. T قزل باشی qazal-bāshī, or qizil-bāshī(qizil, 'red,' and bāshī, fr. bāsh, 'the head'), s.m. A kind of Mǒgal soldier. (The qazal-bāshīs are considered 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.)