خمير ḵẖamīr A (from خمر) s. m. Leaven, whatever is used to ferment.

خسک ḵẖasak P (dimin. of خس ḵẖas) s. 1. Rub- bish. 2. A triangular thorn. 3. Caltrops.

خواهان ḵẖẉāhāṅ P part. act. (of خواستن) Wishing; (adj. or sub.) Desirous, desirer, seeker.

خسيس ḵẖasīs A (from خست ḵẖissat) adj. 1. Penurious, sordid, avaricious. 2. Ignoble.

خستک ḵẖistak P. (for خشتک) s. f. Codpiece.

خيال ḵẖayāl A improp. ḵẖiyāl (from خال) s. m. 1. Imagination, fancy, thought, idea, considera- tion, apprehension, conceit, suspicion, opinion, notion. 2. Phantom, delusion, vision. 3. A kind of song. خيال باطل ḵẖayāl-i-bāt̤il, Foolish imagination. خيال پرست ḵẖayāl-parast, adj. Fanciful, visionary, castle-builder. خيال پڙنا ḵẖayāl paṛnā, To pursue an object. خيال پلاوپکانا ḵẖayāl pulāʼo pakānā, To indulge in vain speculations or absurd fancies, to build castles in the air. خيال چهوڙنا ḵẖayāl chhoṛnā, To be out of conceit with. خيال خلافت ḵẖayāl-i-ḵẖi- lāfat, Ambition, خيال خام ḵẖayāl-i-ḵẖām, A

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.

خواننده ḵẖẉānanda P part. pres. used substan- tively, A reader.

خلفا ḵẖulafā A s. plur. of خليفه ḵẖalīfa, q. v.

خرق عادت ḵẖarḳ-i-āﻌdat A s. f. Contrary to na- ture, a miracle. (Plur. خرق عادات).