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

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

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.

دسترخوان dastar-ḵẖẉān P (properly دستارخوان dastār-ḵẖẉān, q. v.) s. m. A tablecloth.

نوشتخواند nawisht-ḵẖẉānd P (from نوشتن To write, and خواندن To read) s. f. Epistolary correspondence, reading and writing.

پري خوان parī-ḵẖẉān P s. m. A magician, one who holds the fairies and genii in subjection.

پري خواني parī-ḵẖẉān-ī P s. f. Exorcising, cal- ling aid from fairies.