خرما ḵẖurmā P s. m. A date (the fruit of the Phœnix dactylifera).

خامشي ḵẖāmushī P s. f. See خاموشي.

خشتک ḵẖishtak P s. f. A square piece of cloth under the armhole in a vest. See also خستک.

خارشت ḵẖārisht P. s. f. The itch, the scab.

خنگ ḵẖing P 1. adj. White. 2. s. m. A white, greyish or cream-coloured horse, a steed.

خط ḵẖat̤t̤ A (Ch. To dig, to engrave) s. m. 1. A letter, epistle. 2. A line, lineament. 3. Writing, handwriting, chirography. 4. Mus- taches, beard, youthful beard or down on the face. (Plur. خط وط). خط استوا ḵẖat̤t̤-i-istiwā or خط اعتدال ḵẖat̤t̤-i-iﻌtidāl, The equator. خط آنا يا نکلنا ḵẖat̤t̤-ānā or -nikalnā, To appear (the beard). خط بنانا يا بنوانا ḵẖat̤t̤-banānā or -ban- wānā, To shave the beard. خط جدي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-jadī, The tropick of Capricorn. خط سرطان ḵẖat̤t̤-i-sarat̤ān, The tropick of Cancer. خط شعاعي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-shuʼāﻌ-īﻌ, A ray of the sun; also, the name of a kind of writing. خط عمود ḵẖat̤t̤-i-aﻌmūd, A perpendicular line. خط کتابت ḵẖat̤t̤- -i-kitābat, Correspondence. خط گلذار ḵẖat̤t̤-i-gulẕār, A kind of flourished hand writing. خط متوازي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-mutawāzī, A parallel line. خط مستدير ḵẖat̤t̤-ī-mustadīr, A circular line.

خواهش ḵẖẉāhish P (from خواستن) s. f. 1. Desire,

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

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

خمر ḵẖamr A (from خمر Heb. To be hot, to boil, to ferment) s. m. 1. Wine, spirituous liquors. 2. Covering, hiding. 3. Fermenting, leavening.