خفقان ḵẖafaḳān A (from خفق) s. m. Palpitation (a disease of the heart, especially).

خرمن ḵẖirman P s. m. 1. Harvest, heap or stack of unthrashed corn. 2. Barn.

خرطوم ḵẖurt̤ūm A s. m. The proboscis of an ele- phant.

خيل ḵẖail A (Heb. ) s. m. Horsemen, cavalry.

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-

خير ḵẖair A 1. adj. Good, best, well. 2. adv. Well. 3. s. f. Goodness, good, health, happiness. خيرالنسا ḵẖairu-n-nisā, The best of wo- men, Fāt̤ima. خيرانديش ḵẖair-andesh, A wellwisher, a friend. خيرانديشي ḵẖair-an- desh-ī, s. f. Good will, benevolence, good inten- tion. خيرباد ḵẖair-bād, May he prosper. خيرخبر ḵẖair ḵẖabar (simply) News. خيرخواه ḵẖair- ḵẖẉāh, Well-wishing, benevolent; a friend, a wellwisher. خيرخواهي ḵẖair-ḵẖẉāh-ī, s. f. Good will, wishing well, friendship, benevolence. خيروعافيت ḵẖair-o-āﻌfiyat, s. f. Health, wel- fare.

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

ختنه ḵẖatna A s. m. Circumcision.

خفا ḵẖafā A (Heb. ) s. f. Concealment, a secret.

خراد ḵẖarād A. (خراط) s. f. A lathe. خراد چڙهنا ḵẖarād chaṛhnā, To be polished (as, a clown by intercourse with the society of a city).