خدايا ḵẖudā-yā P s. voc. O God! P. A. خدايتعاليٰ ḵẖudā-e-taʼāﻌlạ̄, The most high God.

خطبه ḵẖut̤ba A s. m. A sermon or oration de- livered after divine service every Friday, in which the preacher blesses Muhammad, his successours, and the reigning sovereign.

خيريت ḵẖairiyat A (from خير) s. f. Welfare.

خواست ḵẖẉāst P (from خواستن) s. f. Desire, wish, request. خواستگار ḵẖẉāst-gār, s. m. Can- didate, competitor, bidder. خواستگاري ḵẖẉāst- gār-ī, s. f. Competition, candidateship, desire.

خويشي ḵẖẉesh-ī P s. f. Relationship.

خچرخچر ḵẖachar ḵẖachar H. s. m. An imitative sound.

خاص ḵẖāṣṣ A (vulg. ḵẖāṣ, from خصّ Heb. To cut, to divide, to appropriate) adj. 1. Ex- cellent, noble, pure, unmixed. 2. Particular, private, what is kept for the kingʼs (or the mas- terʼs) private use, own, proper, peculiar, single, gentle. 3. adv. Especially, peculiarly. خاص بردار ḵẖāṣṣ-bardār, s. m. A servant who, in a great manʼs retinue, carries a firelock. خاص خواص ḵẖāṣṣ-ḵẖaẉāṣṣ, A royal female servant. خاصدان ḵẖāṣṣ-dān, A kind of canteen to carry water-vessels in. خاص محل ḵẖāṣṣ-maḥal, s. m. Private apartment, the apartments of married women (in opposition to ḵẖụrd-maḥal); met. First married wife. خاص وعام ḵẖāṣṣ o āﻌmm, Noble and plebeian.

خامشي ḵẖāmushī P s. f. See خاموشي.

خيار ḵẖiyār A (from خير) s. m. 1. Choice, elec- tion. 2. A cucumber.

خميده ḵẖamīda P part. Crooked, bent, curved. خميده قد ḵẖamīda-ḳadd, adj. Bent in stature.