خوبترين ḵẖūb-tarīn P adj. superl. Best, most beautiful.

خلت ḵẖullat A s. f. Friendship.

خصور ḵẖuṣūr A s. plur. (of خصر) Middles of men, waists.

خريداري ḵẖarīdār-ī P s. f. Buying, purchasing.

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.

خوب ḵẖūb P adj. Good, excellent, well, beauti- ful, pleasant, amiable. خوبرو ḵẖūb-rū or خوب روي ḵẖūb-rūʼe (plur. خوب رويان) or خوب صورت ḵẖūb-ṣūrat, adj. Beautiful, a beauty. خوبروي ḵẖūb-rū-ī or خوب صورتي ḵẖūb-ṣūrat-ī, s. f. Beauty, handsomeness. (Plur. خوبان ḵẖūbān, The fair, the beautiful).

خوره ḵẖụra P s. m. The leprosy.

خليفه ḵẖalīfa A (from خلف Heb. To pass over or beyond; to succeed or follow) s. m. 1. A successour, a sovereign, particularly applied to the successours of Muhammad. 2. (in Hind.) Cooks, tailors, &c. are called ḵẖalīfa. 3. A fencing-master. 4. A monitor (as a senior boy at school becomes).

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.

خرادي ḵẖarād-ī A. (from خراد) s. m. A turner.