خواهنده ḵẖẉāhanda P part. act. (of خواستن) Wisher, asker.

خاکشي ḵẖākshī P s. f. 1. A small weight used by goldsmiths (seed of Abrus precatorius). 2. A red bramble. 3. A small red seed used in medicine.

خفقاني ḵẖafaḳān-ī A adj. Subject to palpitation.

ختن ḵẖatan A s. m. 1. Circumcising. 2. A cir- cumcision-feast. 3. (Heb. ) The nearest relations to a woman. 4. A son-in-law.

خاري ḵẖār-ī P s. f. See خواري ḵẖẉār-ī.

خرما ḵẖurmā P s. m. A date (the fruit of the Phœnix dactylifera).

خواجه ḵẖẉāja P s. m. A man of distinction, a rich merchant, a gentleman, a governour. خواجه خضر ḵẖẉāja ḵẖiẓr, n. prop. The name of a prophet skilled in divination, and who is said to have discovered the water of life; hence, he is considered as the saint of waters. The Mu- hammadans offer to him oblations of lamps, flowers, &c. placed on little rafts and launched on the river, particularly on Thursday evening in the month of bhādoṅ: and, it is in his ho- nour that the feast of the beṛa, q. v. is held. خواجه زاده ḵẖẉāja-zāda, s. m. Master. خواجه سرا ḵẖẉāja-sarā, s. m. An eunuch.

خربوزه ḵẖarbūza P s. m. A muskmelon.

خسر ḵẖasr A or ḵẖusr, s. m. Damages, loss, injury, fraud.

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