خاکستري ḵẖākistar-ī P adj. Of the colour of ashes, covered with ashes, ashy.

خطائي ḵẖat̤ā-ī A adj. Of Khat̤ā or northern China.

خم ḵẖam P 1. adj. Twisted, crooked, coiled, curved, bowed. 2. s. m. A coil, fold, ply, curl, ringlet, bend, curve, crook, bending, crookedness. 3. That part of a noose which encircles the neck. خم اندر خم ḵẖam andar ḵẖam or خم در خم ḵẖam dar ḵẖam, Twist within twist, curly, curling locks. خم ٿهونکنا بجانا يا مارنا ḵẖam-ṭhonknā, -bajānā, or -mārnā, v. a. To strike the hand against the arms previous to wrestling, &c., to challenge (as wrestlers do). خم چم ḵẖam-cham, or خم و چم ḵẖam-o-cham, 1. s. m. Coquetry, blandishment of a mistress. 2. adj. Elegant, graceful. خم چوگان ḵẖam-i-chaugān, s. m. The bat or instrument with which the game of چوگان chaugān is played. خم دار ḵẖam-dār, adj. Twisted, curled, bent, crooked, curved.

خواسته ḵẖẉāsta P (from خواستن) part. pass. De- sired, wished for, having willed or wished.

خنزير ḵẖinzīr A (Heb. and Ch. : from خنز To stink: Gol. or from خزر To have small eyes: Ibn Saʼīﻌd ap. Bochart. Hieroz. Or from Ch. To return, to roll, to wallow: Lexic. Heb. Hal. Magdeb. 1756) s. m. A hog.

خريفي ḵẖarīf-ī A. adj. Grown in harvest, au- tumnal.

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.

خميره ḵẖamīra A (from خمر) s. m. Leaven, whatever is used to ferment.

خوابيده ḵẖẉābīda P (from خوابيدن) part. Sleeping, asleep.

خوره ḵẖụr-a P in compos. (dakh.) Who has en- dured or suffered.