خنث ḵẖuns̤ A s. m. An hermaphrodite.

خلق ḵẖulḳ A s. m. Nature, quality, good dis- position, civility, politeness. (Plur. اخلاق).

خارا ḵẖārā P s. 1. A hard stone. 2. A kind of undulated silk-cloth. خاراشگاف ḵẖārā-shigāf, Stone-splitting.

خرابي ḵẖarāb-ī A. s. f. 1. Badness, depravity. 2. Ruin, desolation, destruction, mischief, perdi- tion, misery, an ill or evil.

خراشه ḵẖarāsha P s. m. Scales or filings of iron, small debt.

خصم ḵẖaṣm A s. m. 1. An enemy, antagonist. 2. ¶ ḵẖaṣam, A husband. خصم والي ḵẖaṣam-wālī, adj. f. A woman whose husband is alive. A. P. خصمانه ḵẖaṣm-āna, adv. Like a good hus- band, economically, with attention to domestick affairs.

خراب ḵẖarāb A (from خرب Heb. ) adj. 1. Bad, depraved. 2. Ruined, depopulated, de- serted, abandoned, lost, miserable, spoiled, waste. خراب آبادي ḵẖarāb-ābād-ī, s. f. De- struction, demolition. خراب احوال ḵẖarāb-

خفت ḵẖiffat A s. f. Lightness of weight, levity of conduct, want of dignity, affront, indignity, slight, disgrace. خفت کرنا ḵẖiffat karnā, To vilify, to slander, affront.

خاکي ḵẖāk-ī P adj. 1. Dusty. 2. Earthy, earthly; of ashes. 3. The epithet of a kind of arrow.

خاکستر ḵẖākistar P s. f. Ashes, calx. خاکسترکرنا ḵẖākistar karnā, v. a. To calcine. خاکسترهونا ḵẖākistar honā, v. n. To calcine.