خطاط ḵẖat̤t̤āt̤ A adj. superl. (from خطّ ḵẖat̤t̤) used substantively, A good writer, a penman.

خصلت ḵẖaṣlat A s. f. 1. Habit, custom. 2. Quality, property, mode, talent, virtue, disposi- tion, nature. (Plur. خصال or خصايل).

خنجر ḵẖanjar A s. m. A dagger.

خدمت ḵẖidmat A s. f. Service, attendance, em- ployment, ministry, office, appointment, duty, use. (Arab. plur. خدمات ḵẖidmāt). خدمت کرنا ḵẖidmat karnā, 1. To serve, to attend, to wait on. 2. (met.) To satirize, to beat. خدمتگار ḵẖidmat-gār, s. m. A butler, a servant, attend- ant. خدمتگاري ḵẖidmat-gār-ī, s. f. Attendance, service, ministry. A. P. خدمتگذاري ḵẖidmat-guẕār-ī, s. f. Service, readiness to serve.

خاموش ḵẖāmosh P 1. adj. Silent. 2. s. m. A disease in horses.

خاتون ḵẖātūn H s. f. A lady, a matron. خاتون جنت ḵẖātūn-i-jannat, Queen of heaven (a title given to Fātima daughter of Muhammad).

خانمان ḵẖānmān P s. m. Household-furniture, domestick, every thing belonging to the house,

خيشوم ḵẖaishūm A (from خشم) s. m. 1. The nose, the cartilaginous part of it. 2. Nasal let- ters. 3. The ridge or summit of a mountain.

خفيف ḵẖafīf A (from خفّت) adj. Light, of no weight or consequence, of light character, im- moral, undignified. خفيف هونا ḵẖafīf honā, To be vilified, to be spoken ill of, to be put to shame, to be ashamed. خفيفي دايره ḵẖafīfī dāʼịra, The centre of a circle: Hunter.

خربوزه ḵẖarbūza P s. m. A muskmelon.