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

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.

خداوندي ḵẖudāwand-ī P s. f. Sovereignty, lord- ship, divinity, providence.

خرافت ḵẖurāfat A (from خرف Heb. ) s. f. A fable, tale, romance, ludicrous saying, smut. (Plur. خرافات ḵẖurāfāt, Fables, &c.)

خار ḵẖār P s. m. 1. A thorn, spine, thistle, bramble. 2. A spur, a cockʼs spur. خارانکهونکا ḵẖār ānkhoṅ-kā, An eyesore, disagreeable. خاربندي ḵẖār-band-ī, s. f. A fence or temporary defence made of thorns, &c. خارپشت ḵẖār-pusht, s. m. A porcupine (Hystrix), a hedge-hog. خارخار ḵẖār-ḵẖār, Disquietude. خاردار ḵẖār-dār, Troublesome, arduous, barbed, thorny. خارزار ḵẖār-zār, s. f. A thicket of thorns, &c. خارستان ḵẖār-istān, s. m. Place of thorns, thistles, &c. خارکش ḵẖār-kash, A woodcutter. خاروخس ḵẖār-o-ḵẖas, Sweepings, any thing vile.

خطور ḵẖut̤ūr A (from خطر) s. m. 1. Coming into the mind, recollection, remembrance. 2. Dignity.

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

خطي ḵẖat̤t̤-ī A adj. 1. Linear, in writing, of the beard, &c. 2. or ḵẖit̤t̤ī, Of ḵẖat̤t̤ or ḵẖit̤t̤ (spears, so named from the place where they were bought).

خمر ḵẖamr A (from خمر Heb. To be hot, to boil, to ferment) s. m. 1. Wine, spirituous liquors. 2. Covering, hiding. 3. Fermenting, leavening.

خسر ḵẖusar P or ḵẖusur, s. m. A father-in-law.