خرابه ḵẖarāba A 1. s. m. Devastation, ruin. 2. adj. Depraved, bad, ruined, waste.

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.

خياط ḵẖaiyāt̤ A (adj. superl. of خيط Ch. To thread) s. m. A tailor.

خرم ḵẖurram P adj. 1. Pleasant, delightful. 2. Cheerful, pleased, gay, merry, glad.

خوردي ḵẖụrd-ī P s. f. Childhood, minority, smallness.

خويش ḵẖẉesh P 1. pron. Self, own. 2. s. m. A kinsman. 3. A son-in-law, a family. خويش قرابات ḵẖẉesh ḳarābāt, Kinsmen, relations.

خليطه ḵẖalīt̤a A. s. m. Corrupt. of خريطه q. v. خليطه طوفان ḵẖalīta-e-t̤ūfān, An exciter of distur- bance, calumniator, wicked person.

خادم ḵẖādim A part. act. (from خدمت) used substantively, A servant. خادم لطلبا ḵẖādimu-t̤- t̤ulabā, A public teacher, a professor (of a col- lege). خادم درگاه ḵẖādim-i-dargāh, A servant who takes care of a tomb, mosque, &c. (Pers. plur. خادمان ḵẖādimān).

خاک ḵẖāk P s. f. Dust, earth; ashes. خاکبازي ḵẖāk-bāz-ī, s. f. Playing with dust. خاکپا ḵẖāk- pā, s. f. Dust of the feet, earth trodden under

خارجه ḵẖārija A s. m. The word at the bottom of a page which is repeated at the beginning of the next, an asterisk, a catchword.