تخفيف taḵẖfīf A (inf. ii. of خّف) s. f. 1. Ma- king light, alleviating. 2. Despising. 3. Ab- breviating. 4. Alleviation, abatement, relief, remission, abridgment, mitigation, palliation, extenuation, decrease, diminution, decay. 5. Softening the pronunciation of letters, or changing one for another euphoniæ gratia. تخفيف تصديع taḵẖfīf-i-taṣdīﻌ, 1. Banishing care. 2. Relieving pain or trouble. تخفيف دينا taḵẖfīf- denā, To alleviate, assuage, &c. تخفيف کرنا taḵẖfīf karnā, To extenuate, mitigate, allay, remit.

خفقان ḵẖafaḳān A (from خفق) s. m. Palpitation (a disease of the heart, especially).

خفقاني ḵẖafaḳān-ī A adj. Subject to palpitation.

خفه ḵẖafa P adj. Angry.

خفي ḵẖafī A adj. Secret, concealed; fine or small (handwriting, opposed to جلي jalī).

خفيف ḵẖafīf A (from خفّت) adj. Light, of no weight or consequence, of light character, im- moral, undignified. خفيف هونا ḵẖafīf honā, To be vilified, to be spoken ill of, to be put to shame, to be ashamed. خفيفي دايره ḵẖafīfī dāʼịra, The centre of a circle: Hunter.

خفيه ḵẖufya A (from خفا) 1. adj. Disguised, concealed. 2. (Also خفيتا ḵẖufyataṉ) adv. Secretly. خفيه نويس ḵẖufya-nawīs, s. m. One whose business is to write intelligence secretly; intelligencer, informer. خفيه نويسي ḵẖufya-na- wīs-ī, s. f. Secret intelligence writing.

مخفف muḵẖaffaf A (part. pass. II. of خفّ Chald. ) adj. 1. Alleviated, abated. 2. Light. 3. Contemptible. 4. (A consonant) having a short for a long vowel.

مخفي maḵẖfī A (part. pass. of خفي Heb. ) adj. Concealed, secret, clandestine, occult, private. adv. Secretly, clandestinely.