خراشي ḵẖarāsh-ī P (in compos.) s. f. Scratching, lacerating.

خلل ḵẖalal A (from خلّ) s. m. Interruption, dis- turbance, confusion, prejudice, damage, injury, defect, ruin, hiatus, breach. خلل دماغ ḵẖalal-i-dimāg̠ẖ, s. m. (lit. Injury of the brain) Madness, melancholy, craziness. adj. Mad, hare- brained, hotheaded, brainsick, confused. A. P. خللي ḵẖalal-ī, adj. Interrupter, disturber, mischief-maker.

خورا ḵẖụrā P part. (from خوردن) Eating, suffering; adj. Voracious, fit, capable.

خالي ḵẖālī A (from خلو) adj. 1. Empty, vacant, void, desert, exempt or free (from). 2. Pure, mere, only, unmixed. 3. Unoccupied, unem- ployed, without effect. خالي کرنا ḵẖālī karnā, To empty, evacuate. خالي هاتهـ ḵẖālī hāth, adj. 1. Empty-handed; penniless. 2. Unarmed.

خبر ḵẖabar A s. f. News, information, intelli- gence, advice, rumours, report, fame, account, care, notice. خبربسنت کي پوچهني ḵẖabar basant kī pūchhnī, expresses extreme ignorance or negligence. خبرخضري ḵẖabar-i-ḵẖiẓr-ī, Re- port, sudden news, guessing what is to happen. (خضر Ḵẖiẓr was a prophet, skilled in divina- tion; and hence, when from certain symptoms the publick guess at the intentions of govern- ment, &c. intelligence of such intentions, &c. is called خبرخضري). خبر دار ḵẖabar-dār, 1. adj. Careful, cautious, taking care, on (oneʼs) guard. 2. Informed, acquainted. 3. s. m. An informer, advertiser, a spy, a scout. 4. interj. Have a care! خبردارکرنا ḵẖabar-dār karnā, To put on (oneʼs) guard, to caution, to alarm. خبردارهونا ḵẖabar-dār honā, To be on (oneʼs) guard, to take care. خبر داري ḵẖabar-dār-ī, s. f. 1. Caution, care, taking care, carefulness. 2. Informing, getting information. خبر دهنده ḵẖabar-dihanda, adj. Intelligence-giving. خبر رکهنا ḵẖabar rakhnā, v. n. To be informed or acquainted. خبر عطر ḵẖabar-aﻌt̤ar (means simply) News. خبر کرنا يا دينا ḵẖabar-karnā or -denā, To apprize, to inform, to acquaint, advise, re-

خوشبوٴي ḵẖụsh-bo-ī P s. f. Perfume, fragrance.

خطاط ḵẖat̤t̤āt̤ A adj. superl. (from خطّ ḵẖat̤t̤) used substantively, A good writer, a penman.

خنيا ḵẖunyā P s. m. Melody, singing. خنيا گر ḵẖunyā-gar, s. m. Musician, minstrel, singer. خنيا گري ḵẖunyā-gar-ī, s. f. Minstrelsy.

خوشي ḵẖụsh-ī P s. f. Delight, pleasure, cheer- fulness, gayety, happiness, gladness, mirth, joy, will, choice. خوشي خوشي يا خوشي سي ḵẖụshī ḵẖụshī or ḵẖụshī-se, adj. Happily, with plea- sure, gladly, cheerfully, joyfully. خوشي کرنا ḵẖụsh-ī karnā, To rejoice or be delighted. خوشي گنانا ḵẖụsh-ī ginānā (dakh. i. q. جشن کرنا) To make a feast (?)

خسارت ḵẖisārat A (proper. ḵẖasārat, from خسر) s. f. 1. Loss, damage. 2. Perfidy, fraud. 3. Plunder, devastation.