استخاره istiḵẖāra A (inf. x. of خیر) s. m. Judging from omens, augury.

اشخاص ashḵẖāṣ A s. plur. (of شخص) Persons.

افتخار iftiḵẖār A (inf. viii. of فخر) s. m. Glory, honour, elegance, gracefulness.

انتخاب intiḵẖāb A (inf. viii. of نخب) s. m. Se- lection, drawing or plucking out; making ex- tracts from books, election, choice. انتخاب کرنا intiḵẖāb karnā, To select. A. P. انتخابي intiḵẖāb-ī, adj. Select, selected.

بخار buḵẖār A s. m. Steam, glowing heat (of the ground or such as is felt in a fever), vapour, ex- halation. بخاردل مين رکهنا buḵẖār dil meṅ raḵẖnā, To entertain enmity or malice in the heart. بخارنکلنا buḵẖār nikalnā, To break out (as, an eruption on the skin).

برخاست bar-ḵẖāst P (from برخاستن) s. f. Rising up, recalling or removing from office, recall. برخاست هونا bar-ḵẖāst honā, v. n. To rise or break up (as an assembly).

خاتم ḵẖātim A (from ختم Heb. To seal, to close, to finish) s. f. 1. A ring worn on the fin- gers. 2. A seal. خاتم المرسلين ḵẖātimu-l-mur- salīn or خاتم الانبيا ḵẖātimu-l-ambiyā, The seal of the prophets, i. e. Muhammad. خاتم بند ḵẖātim-band, A seal-setter.

خاتمه ḵẖātima A (from ختم) s. m. Conclusion, epilogue, finis, end. خاتمه بندي ḵẖātima-bandī,

خاتون ḵẖātūn H s. f. A lady, a matron. خاتون جنت ḵẖātūn-i-jannat, Queen of heaven (a title given to Fātima daughter of Muhammad).

خاد ḵẖād P s. 1. A kite. 2. An eagle or kind of falcon.

خادم ḵẖādim A part. act. (from خدمت) used substantively, A servant. خادم لطلبا ḵẖādimu-t̤- t̤ulabā, A public teacher, a professor (of a col- lege). خادم درگاه ḵẖādim-i-dargāh, A servant who takes care of a tomb, mosque, &c. (Pers. plur. خادمان ḵẖādimān).

خادمه ḵẖādima A s. f. (of خادم ḵẖādim, q. v.) A female servant.

خار ḵẖār P s. m. 1. A thorn, spine, thistle, bramble. 2. A spur, a cockʼs spur. خارانکهونکا ḵẖār ānkhoṅ-kā, An eyesore, disagreeable. خاربندي ḵẖār-band-ī, s. f. A fence or temporary defence made of thorns, &c. خارپشت ḵẖār-pusht, s. m. A porcupine (Hystrix), a hedge-hog. خارخار ḵẖār-ḵẖār, Disquietude. خاردار ḵẖār-dār, Troublesome, arduous, barbed, thorny. خارزار ḵẖār-zār, s. f. A thicket of thorns, &c. خارستان ḵẖār-istān, s. m. Place of thorns, thistles, &c. خارکش ḵẖār-kash, A woodcutter. خاروخس ḵẖār-o-ḵẖas, Sweepings, any thing vile.

خارا ḵẖārā P s. 1. A hard stone. 2. A kind of undulated silk-cloth. خاراشگاف ḵẖārā-shigāf, Stone-splitting.

خارج ḵẖārij A (from خرج Heb. ) part. or adj. Being out, external, out, without, outcast. خارج کرنا ḵẖārij karnā, To exclude, expel, dispossess.