خونچه ḵẖụncha P (properly خوانچه) s. m. A small tray.

خشخش ḵẖashḵẖash P s. m. Poppy-seed, a pop- py. (Sans. खसखस).

خلافت ḵẖilāfat A (from خلف) s. f. 1. Deputy- ship, lieutenancy, office or dignity of ḵẖalīfa (Caliph). 2. Imperial dignity, monarchy.

خلعت ḵẖilʼaﻌt A or ḵẖalʼaﻌt, s. m. and f. A dress, robe of honour, with which princes confer dignity on subjects. خلعت پـﮩرانا يا دينا ḵẖilʼaﻌt -pahrānā or -denā, To invest with a robe of honour.

خورديا ḵẖụrdiyā P. s. m. A moneychanger.

خاطف ḵẖāt̤if A part. act. (of خطف Heb. ) Snatching away (the sight). A. P. خاقان ḵẖāḳān, s. m. A king, an emperour. A. P. خاقاني ḵẖāḳān-ī, adj. 1. Royal, imperial. 2. n. prop. Name of a most celebrated poet of Persia.

خال ḵẖāl A s. m. 1. A mole on the face (black and ornamental). 2. An artificial spot made for ornament. 3. A maternal uncle, motherʼs brother. خال خال ḵẖāl-ḵẖāl, adj. 1. Thick, close, thickly spread. 2. Little, scarce. 3. adv. Rarely, here and there.

خيارين ḵẖiyārain A s. m. Cucumbers (of two kinds).

خيلا ḵẖailā A (from خيل) A woman having many moles (a great beauty among the Arabs).

خطابت ḵẖit̤ābat A s. f. Preaching, eloquence, rhetorick.