قطب qut̤b v.n. fr. قطب 'to collect, to draw together,' c.
A قطب qut̤b (v.n. fr. قطب 'to collect, to draw together,' &c.), s.m. The polar star, the north pole;—a centre round which anything revolves; the iron spindle of a millstone; an axis; a pivot;—a prince, lord, chief;—a title or degree of rank among religious mendicants:—qut̤b-ě-janūbī, s.m. The antartic or south pole:—qut̤b-ě-shimālī, The arctic or north pole:—qut̤b-ě-samā, or qutb-ě-samāwī, The axis of heaven; the celestial pole:—qut̤b-numā, s.m. A magnetic compass.
