خرادي ḵẖarād-ī A. (from خراد) s. m. A turner.

خاتمه ḵẖātima A (from ختم) s. m. Conclusion, epilogue, finis, end. خاتمه بندي ḵẖātima-bandī,

خارش ḵẖārish P (from خاريدن) s. f. The itch, the scab, the mange.

خوشي ḵẖụsh-ī P s. f. Delight, pleasure, cheer- fulness, gayety, happiness, gladness, mirth, joy, will, choice. خوشي خوشي يا خوشي سي ḵẖụshī ḵẖụshī or ḵẖụshī-se, adj. Happily, with plea- sure, gladly, cheerfully, joyfully. خوشي کرنا ḵẖụsh-ī karnā, To rejoice or be delighted. خوشي گنانا ḵẖụsh-ī ginānā (dakh. i. q. جشن کرنا) To make a feast (?)

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

خاگ ḵẖāg P s. An egg.

خواص ḵẖawāṣṣ A s. plur. (of خاصّ or خاصّه) 1. Attendants, domesticks. 2. Grandees, ministers of state, people of quality or distinct from the vulgar, gentry. 3. Properties, qualities, attri- butes. 4. A page or a female attendant on the great. 5. A favourite. خواص وعوام ḵẖawāṣṣ o aﻌwāmm, Nobles and plebeians.

خوني ḵẖūn-ī P s. m. f. Murderer. adj. Sangui- nary, bloody, relating to murder or blood.

خبر ḵẖabar A s. f. News, information, intelli- gence, advice, rumours, report, fame, account, care, notice. خبربسنت کي پوچهني ḵẖabar basant kī pūchhnī, expresses extreme ignorance or negligence. خبرخضري ḵẖabar-i-ḵẖiẓr-ī, Re- port, sudden news, guessing what is to happen. (خضر Ḵẖiẓr was a prophet, skilled in divina- tion; and hence, when from certain symptoms the publick guess at the intentions of govern- ment, &c. intelligence of such intentions, &c. is called خبرخضري). خبر دار ḵẖabar-dār, 1. adj. Careful, cautious, taking care, on (oneʼs) guard. 2. Informed, acquainted. 3. s. m. An informer, advertiser, a spy, a scout. 4. interj. Have a care! خبردارکرنا ḵẖabar-dār karnā, To put on (oneʼs) guard, to caution, to alarm. خبردارهونا ḵẖabar-dār honā, To be on (oneʼs) guard, to take care. خبر داري ḵẖabar-dār-ī, s. f. 1. Caution, care, taking care, carefulness. 2. Informing, getting information. خبر دهنده ḵẖabar-dihanda, adj. Intelligence-giving. خبر رکهنا ḵẖabar rakhnā, v. n. To be informed or acquainted. خبر عطر ḵẖabar-aﻌt̤ar (means simply) News. خبر کرنا يا دينا ḵẖabar-karnā or -denā, To apprize, to inform, to acquaint, advise, re-

ختن ḵẖutan P n. prop. A country in Turkistān, Tartary or the north of China, famous for musk.