ختنه ḵẖatna A s. m. Circumcision.

خيرگي ḵẖīra-gī P s. f. Darkness, malignancy, astonishment, stupefaction, the state of being dazzled or of having the sight overcome, dizziness.

خلطه ḵẖilt̤a A s. m. Conviviality, enjoyment of society and the pleasures of life. ¶ ḵẖult̤a, As- sociation, sociableness, intimacy, familiarity.

خطير ḵẖat̤īr A (from خطر) adj. Great, important, honourable, dignified.

خرابي ḵẖarāb-ī A. s. f. 1. Badness, depravity. 2. Ruin, desolation, destruction, mischief, perdi- tion, misery, an ill or evil.

خزف ḵẖazaf A s. An earthen vessel, potsherds, broken shells.

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).

خشونت ḵẖushūnat A (from خشن) s. f. Asperity, harshness, rigidness, austerity, austereness, ani- mosity, disdain, fierceness, indignation.

خجسته ḵẖujista P (prop. ḵẖujasta) adj. Happy, fortunate, auspicious, blest.

خرسنگ ḵẖarsang P s. m. Rival, a large stone.