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

خانواده ḵẖānwāda P s. m. A family, a house, a race or tribe of people.

خوردي ḵẖụrd-ī P s. f. Childhood, minority, smallness.

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

خبط ḵẖabt̤ A s. m. 1. Making a mistake. 2. Madness, insanity.

خستگي ḵẖasta-gī P (from خسته) s. f. 1. A wound, a sore. 2. Sickness. 3. Fatigue.

خورد ḵẖụrd P 1. adj. Small. خورد سال ḵẖụrd- sāl, adj. Young, of tender years. خورد سالي ḵẖụrd-sāl-ī, Youth. خورد محل ḵẖụrd-maḥall, s. m. The apartments of the concubines of great men. 2. (from خوردن) verbal noun, Eating, drinking.

خوبکلان ḵẖūbkalān P s. m. Name of a seed of a cooling quality.

خاندان ḵẖāndān P s. m. Family, race, house (of a prince), household. خاندان کي علامت ḵẖān- dān kī aﻌlāmat, s. f. Armorial bearings.

خمره ḵẖumra A (from خمر) s. m. 1. A small mat of palm leaves for kneeling on at prayers. 2. A small drum carried by beggars. 3. A small earthen pot in which leaven is prepared and kept.