خطيب ḵẖat̤īb A (from خطاب) s. m. A preacher, a publick speaker or orator.

خياط ḵẖiyāt̤ A (from خيط) s. f. A needle.

خواجه ḵẖẉāja P s. m. A man of distinction, a rich merchant, a gentleman, a governour. خواجه خضر ḵẖẉāja ḵẖiẓr, n. prop. The name of a prophet skilled in divination, and who is said to have discovered the water of life; hence, he is considered as the saint of waters. The Mu- hammadans offer to him oblations of lamps, flowers, &c. placed on little rafts and launched on the river, particularly on Thursday evening in the month of bhādoṅ: and, it is in his ho- nour that the feast of the beṛa, q. v. is held. خواجه زاده ḵẖẉāja-zāda, s. m. Master. خواجه سرا ḵẖẉāja-sarā, s. m. An eunuch.

خطا ḵẖat̤ā A (from خطي Heb. To err) s. f. A mistake, errour, fault, crime. خطا بخش ḵẖat̤ā-baḵẖsh, A forgiver of errours, &c. خطا کرنا ḵẖat̤ā karnā, To err, miss, blunder. ¶ ḵẖat̤ā, n. prop. A part of Tartary, or northern China.

خوابيده ḵẖẉābīda P (from خوابيدن) part. Sleeping, asleep.

خصوصا ḵẖuṣūṣaṉ A adv. Particularly, especially.

خرموش ḵẖar-mūsh P s. A kind of large rat. See h. گهوس ghūs, sign. 1.

خشتک ḵẖishtak P s. f. A square piece of cloth under the armhole in a vest. See also خستک.

خدم ḵẖadam A s. plur. (of خادم ḵẖādim, or خدمت ḵẖidmat) Servants, retinue, services, offices.

خنث ḵẖuns̤ A s. m. An hermaphrodite.