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

خضر ḵẖiẓr A n. prop. A companion of Moses, Phineas: or, the prophet Elias.

خطه ḵẖit̤t̤a A s. m. A region, country, territory, district.

خاسته ḵẖāsta P (from خاستن) part. pass. (in com- pos.) Risen, got up.

خوشه ḵẖosha P s. m. 1. An ear of corn. 2. A bunch (of grapes, &c.). 3. An earing, a spike. خوشه چين ḵẖosha-chīn, A gleaner.

خس ḵẖas P s. f. 1. The name of a grass of the roots of which ṭaṭṭīs are made. (Andropogon muricatum). 2. Any useless herb or stick. خس پوش ḵẖas-posh, adj. Covered with thorns. خس وخار ḵẖas o ḵẖār, or خس و خاشاک ḵẖas-o-ḵẖāshāk, s. m. Litter of things, rubbish.

خاوند ḵẖāwind P (proper. ḵẖāwand, contract. of خد اوند) s. m. Lord, master, husband.

خفيف ḵẖafīf A (from خفّت) adj. Light, of no weight or consequence, of light character, im- moral, undignified. خفيف هونا ḵẖafīf honā, To be vilified, to be spoken ill of, to be put to shame, to be ashamed. خفيفي دايره ḵẖafīfī dāʼịra, The centre of a circle: Hunter.

خچڙخچڙ ḵẖachaṛ ḵẖachaṛ H. s. m. An imitative sound.

ختن ḵẖutan P n. prop. A country in Turkistān, Tartary or the north of China, famous for musk.