خرفه ḵẖurfa P s. m. Purslain. (Portulaca ole- racea).

خشنود ḵẖushnūd P adj. Contented, satisfied.

خوراب ḵẖụrāb P s. Dirty water: a floodgate.

خيل ḵẖail P s. f. An army, a multitude of people.

خشتي ḵẖisht-ī P adj. Of brick or tile.

خط ḵẖat̤t̤ A (Ch. To dig, to engrave) s. m. 1. A letter, epistle. 2. A line, lineament. 3. Writing, handwriting, chirography. 4. Mus- taches, beard, youthful beard or down on the face. (Plur. خط وط). خط استوا ḵẖat̤t̤-i-istiwā or خط اعتدال ḵẖat̤t̤-i-iﻌtidāl, The equator. خط آنا يا نکلنا ḵẖat̤t̤-ānā or -nikalnā, To appear (the beard). خط بنانا يا بنوانا ḵẖat̤t̤-banānā or -ban- wānā, To shave the beard. خط جدي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-jadī, The tropick of Capricorn. خط سرطان ḵẖat̤t̤-i-sarat̤ān, The tropick of Cancer. خط شعاعي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-shuʼāﻌ-īﻌ, A ray of the sun; also, the name of a kind of writing. خط عمود ḵẖat̤t̤-i-aﻌmūd, A perpendicular line. خط کتابت ḵẖat̤t̤- -i-kitābat, Correspondence. خط گلذار ḵẖat̤t̤-i-gulẕār, A kind of flourished hand writing. خط متوازي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-mutawāzī, A parallel line. خط مستدير ḵẖat̤t̤-ī-mustadīr, A circular line.

خاد ḵẖād P s. 1. A kite. 2. An eagle or kind of falcon.

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

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

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.