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

خوشنود ḵẖụshnūd P adj. Pleased, contented, de- lighted.

خز ḵẖazz A s. f. A coarse kind of silk-cloth.

خراد ḵẖarād A. (خراط) s. f. A lathe. خراد چڙهنا ḵẖarād chaṛhnā, To be polished (as, a clown by intercourse with the society of a city).

خروس ḵẖurūs P s. m. A dunghil-cock.

خنده ḵẖanda P s. m. 1. Laughter, a laugh. 2. A laughing-stock. خنده رو ḵẖanda-rū, adj. Of a smiling countenance, cheerful. خنده روي ḵẖanda-rū-ī, s. f. Cheerfulness. خنده زنان ḵẖanda-zanāṅ, Setting up a laugh, laughing.

خلص ḵẖalaṣ A (proper. ḵẖilṣ) s. m. A sincere friend.

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.

خارجي ḵẖārij-ī A s. m. A sect of Muhammadans, who do not reckon Aﻌlī among the legal succes- sours of the prophet. They are the mortal enemies of the Rāfiẓīs or Shīʼaﻌs, who reject

خيالي ḵẖayāl-ī A adj. Fanciful, capricious, fan- tastical, visionary, imaginary, ideal.