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.

خانواده ḵẖānwāda P s. m. A family, a house, a race or tribe of people.

خدنگ ḵẖadang P s. m. A tree of which arrows are usually made; an arrow: the white poplar tree.

خچاخچ ḵẖachāḵẖach H. s. The sound of a spear or battle-axe, or of treading in clay or mire.

خواننده ḵẖẉānanda P part. pres. used substan- tively, A reader.

خرمي ḵẖurram-ī P s. f. Cheerfulness, pleasure, delight, gladness, gayety, mirth. P. A. خرنفس ḵẖar-nafs, adj. Magnum penem habens.

خنث ḵẖuns̤ A s. m. An hermaphrodite.

خست ḵẖissat A s. f. 1. Stinginess, parsimony, avarice, penuriousness. 2. Meanness.

خسک ḵẖasak P (dimin. of خس ḵẖas) s. 1. Rub- bish. 2. A triangular thorn. 3. Caltrops.

خنيا ḵẖunyā P s. m. Melody, singing. خنيا گر ḵẖunyā-gar, s. m. Musician, minstrel, singer. خنيا گري ḵẖunyā-gar-ī, s. f. Minstrelsy.