ابجد خوان abjad-ḵẖẉān P s. m. One who is learning his alphabet.

اخوان iḵẖwān A s. plur. (of اج aḵẖ) Brothers. اخوان زمان iḵẖwān-i-zamān, Contemporaries, people of the same religion.

استخوان ustuḵẖẉān P (Sans. अस्थि) s. m. A bone, the stone of fruit, &c.

بازخواه bāz-ḵẖẉāh P s. A requirer, an inves- tigator.

تنخواه tan-ḵẖẉāh P s. f. Wages, an assignment (on the revenues). تنخواه دار tanḵẖẉāh-dār, One who receives pay or salary, a holder of an order for wages. تنخواه داري tanḵẖẉāh-dār-ī, s. f. Receiving pay, service.

خوان ḵẖẉān P 1. s. m. A tray. خوانچه ḵẖẉān- cha, s. m. A small tray. خوان پوش ḵẖẉān- posh, s. m. A cloth for covering a tray, a tray lid. 2. part. act. (from خواندن) used in compos. Reading, singing, repeating, reader.

خوانده ḵẖẉānda P part. pass. (of خواندن) Read; (adjectively) Having the knowledge of reading and writing. نا خوانده nā-ḵẖẉānda, adj. Igno- ramus, one who cannot read.

خوانسامان ḵẖẉān-sāmān P s. m. A house-steward.

خواننده ḵẖẉānanda P part. pres. used substan- tively, A reader.

خواني ḵẖẉān-ī P (in compos.) s. f. Reading, re- peating, recitation.

خوانين ḵẖawānīn A s. plur. of خان ḵẖān q. v.

خواه ḵẖẉāh P 1. part. act. (of خواستن) in compos. Wishing, requiring, soliciting, desiring; as, ترقيخواه taraḳḳī-ḵẖẉāh, Wishing increase. دولتخواه daulat-ḵẖẉāh, Wishing prosperity. 2. conj. Either, or, whether. 3. part. pass. as, خاطرخواه ḵẖāt̤ir-ḵẖẉāh, The desire of oneʼs heart. خواه مخواه ḵẖẉāh ma-ḵẖẉāh or خواه نخواه ḵẖẉāh na-ḵẖẉāh or خواهي نه خواهي ḵẖẉāhī na ḵẖẉāhī, adv. 1. Willing or not willing, nolens volens. 2. Certainly, positively, abso- lutely, at all events.

خواهان ḵẖẉāhāṅ P part. act. (of خواستن) Wishing; (adj. or sub.) Desirous, desirer, seeker.

خواهر ḵẖẉāhir P s. f. A sister.

خواهش ḵẖẉāhish P (from خواستن) s. f. 1. Desire,