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

خوباني ḵẖūbānī P s. f. An apricot, or a dried apricot with the kernel of an almond inserted.

خيلا ḵẖelā S̱. (from کهيلنا) adj. A playful, foolish (girl). خيلا پاينچا ḵẖelā pāʼenchā, adj. Unstea- dy, foolish, inconsistent, unchaste (woman).

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

خالا ḵẖālā A. (properly, خاله) s. f. Maternal aunt, motherʼs sister. خالا کا يا خالا ماما کا گهريا خانهٴخالا ḵẖālā kā- or ḵẖālā māmā kā-ghar, or ḵẖāna-i-ḵẖālā (lit. The house of oneʼs aunt) signifies a place of rest and security. A. H. خالاتي ḵẖālā-tī, adj. Descended from or re- lated to a maternal aunt; as, خالاتي بهاٴي ḵẖālā- tī bhāʼī, A cousin, son of a maternal aunt.

خنکي ḵẖunuk-ī P s. f. 1. Coldness, coolness, temperateness. 2. Prosperity.

ختنه ḵẖatna A s. m. Circumcision.

خسک ḵẖasak P (dimin. of خس ḵẖas) s. 1. Rub- bish. 2. A triangular thorn. 3. Caltrops.

خشک ḵẖushk P adj. Dry, withered. (Sans. शुष्क). خشک دماغ ḵẖushk-damāg̠ẖ, adj. Grieved. خشک دماغي ḵẖushk-damāg̠ẖ-ī, s. f. Grief. خشک سال ḵẖushk-sāl, A general dearth, a dry year, a drought. خشک سالي ḵẖushk- sāl-ī, s. f. Drought, sterility. خشک لب ḵẖushk-lab, adj. Dry in the lips or in the shore. خشک لبي ḵẖushk-lab-i, s. f. Dryness of the lips. خشک مغز ḵẖushk-mag̠ẖz, adj. Crack-brained, crazy, hotbrained, hotheaded. خشک مغزي ḵẖushk-mag̠ẖz-ī, s. f. Hotheadedness, madness, craziness.

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).