khārī a [generally m & f; some use it as f, vide खारा m] saltish, saline; ~ पानी -- water; ~ बावली -- well.

khāṭ-khaṭolā mu house-hold effects; अपना ~ उठाओ और जाओ take up your -- and go.

khurach·nā vt (a) to scrape; मैल ~ to scrape off/out dirt. (b) to scratch out; नाखूनों से माँस ~ to -- flesh with one's nails.

khilāunā mc toy [महँगा expensive, सस्ता cheap]; बच्चों के खिलौने children's --s; खिलौने ख़रीदना (बेचना, तोड़ना, बनाना) to buy (sell, break, make) --s; खिलौनों से खेलना to play with --s; △ हाथ का ~ a puppet (fig.).

ḵẖastā I. a [unchanged] crisp [पापड़ papad, मिठाई sweetmeat, पूरी puri]. △ ~ हालत straitened condition; उसकी हालत ~ है he is in distress. II. mu crisp eatable.

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]

khoj·nā vt to search for; पूरी तरह ~ -- thoroughly; वह बच्चे को खोजती फिरती थी she went about searching for the child; हम तुम्हें खोज रहे थे we were searching/hunting for you. [syn. ढूँ ढ़ना, तलाश करना]

ḵẖarīd·nā vt to purchase, to buy; किताबें (कपड़ा, मकान, बरतन) ~ -- books (cloth, house, utensils); तुमने ये पुस्तकें कहां से ख़रीदीं where did you buy these books ? माँ ने फल ख़रीदे mother bought fruit.

khī˜ch·tān fu [n. from खींचना तानना] tussle, tugging; दो दलों में ~ थी there was -- between two parties [also खींचातानी]. △ खींच-तान कर laboriously: ~ कर नया अर्थ निकालना to bring out या twist a new meaning --.

ḵẖush- prefix in compounds (a) good; ~किस्मती, ~बू, ~ख़बरी [see below]. (b) having smth good; ~क़िस्मत, ~दिल, ~हाल [see below].