ḵẖush·bū fu good smell, fragrance; इत्र की ~ -- of otto; इस ओर से ~ आ रही है -- is coming from this direction. [syn. सुगंधि]

khasoṭ·nā vt 1. to snatch; पत्ते (माल/रुपया) ~ -- cards (goods, money). 2. to pluck, to pull [बाल hair, पत्तियाँ leaves, घास grass].

khād fc manure, fertilizer [खनिज mineral, रासायनिक chemical. साधारण general, हरी green]; किसान ~ जमा करते हैं और फिर खेत में डालते हैं farmers store up -- and then apply it to their land; (में) ~ डालना to manure, to apply -- to.

ḵẖufiyā I. a secret [काम work, पुलिस police, जाँच enquiry]; ~ रखना to keep to oneself, to keep secret. II. mc spy, detective; यह कोई ~ है he is a --. [syn. भेदिया]

ḵẖatm a finished; [used as conjunct verb] ~ करना to finish; काम (किताब, चाय, लिखाई) ~ करना -- work (book, tea, writing); जल्दी (समय पर) ~ करो finish quickly (in time); ~ होना to finish, end; खेल कब ~ हुआ when did the play --; सब कुछ ~ है everything is finished; वक्‍त ~ हो गया the time is over.

ḵẖākī I. a dust-coloured, brownish, khaki [कपड़ा cloth, वरदी uniform]; △ ~ अंडा bad egg. II. mu khaki uniform; सिपाही का ~ -- of a soldier या constable.

khur·chan fu (a) scrapings; मिठाई (हलवे, खोए) की ~ -- of sweet-meat (halwa/pudding, thickened milk). (b) a kind of sweet also called rubri.

khyāti fu reputation; उसकी यहाँ अच्छी ~ है he has got a good -- here; ~ पाना to enjoy/have the reputation, to earn a name. [syn. नाम, यश]

ḵẖayālī a imaginary; △ ~ पुलाव पकाना to indulge in vain fancies, to build castles in the air.

ḵẖat mc 1. letter [जवाबी reply paid, रजिस्टरी registered]; ~ लिखना (मिलना, भेजना) to write (receive, send) a --. [syn. पत्र]. 2. hand writing; उसका ~ साफ़ है his writing is clear/legible.