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

خلافت ḵẖilāfat A (from خلف) s. f. 1. Deputy- ship, lieutenancy, office or dignity of ḵẖalīfa (Caliph). 2. Imperial dignity, monarchy.

خناس ḵẖannās A (from خنس To abscond, to retire; to backbite, to calumniate: because, says Jauharī, he flees when God is named: perhaps rather, like *diabolos, The accuser) s. m. 1. The devil. 2. (met.) A wicked person.

خيز ḵẖez P (from خاستن To arise) generally in compos. 1. part. act. Rising, leaping, bounding, galloping, capering, raising, exciting, producing. 2. s. Rising.

خواهر ḵẖẉāhir P s. f. A sister.

خلوت ḵẖalwat A (from خلا) s. f. 1. Retirement, solitude, privacy, a closet, private apartment, private conference. خلوت خانه ḵẖalwat-ḵẖāna, s. m. A place of retirement, private apartment, closet, cabinet. خلوت کرنا ḵẖalwat karnā, To closet or be closeted. خلوتگاه ḵẖalwat-gāh, s. f. A place of retirement. خلوت گزين ḵẖalwat- guzīn, adj. Recluse; (met.) A hermit. خلوت نشين ḵẖalwat-nishīn, adj. Retired: (met.) A hermit. خلوت وجلوت مين ḵẖalwat o jalwat meṅ, In private and in publick.

خول ḵẖol S̱. (for کهول q. v.) s. m. A case, sheath, hollow.

خرابي ḵẖarāb-ī A. s. f. 1. Badness, depravity. 2. Ruin, desolation, destruction, mischief, perdi- tion, misery, an ill or evil.

خارجه ḵẖārija A s. m. The word at the bottom of a page which is repeated at the beginning of the next, an asterisk, a catchword.

خضاب ḵẖiẓāb A (from خضب) s. m. 1. Tinc- ture. 2. Tinging the nails and hair, but par- ticularly the beard. خضاب آهني کرنا ḵẖiẓāb-i-āhanī karnā, To shave the beard.