ḵẖūnī I. a (a) blood-thirsty [आदमी man, डाकू dacoit]. (b) bloody [पंजा claw/grip, हथियार weapon, हाथ hands]. II. mc murderer. assassin. [syn. more common हत्यारा]

khan·kānā vi to jingle; रुपया ~ to jingle a rupee (to test: that it is genuine).

khar·būjā mc musk melon; [कच्चा unripe, मीठा sweet]; ~ खाया जाता है -- is eaten; खरबूजे गर्मियों में होते हैं --s are found in summer; △ खरबूजे को देखकर ~ रंग पकड़ता है association affects everybody, society moulds a man.

ḵẖāk fu dust = धूल; ~ का पुतला mortal being; △ ~ में मिलाना to reduce to dust, to crush; ~ उड़ाना/छानना to wander about: वह ~ उड़ाता फिरता है he is wandering all round; वह नौकरी के लिए ~ छानता फिरता है he wanders about in search of service; ~ करना to reduce to ashes: उसने सारा घर ~ कर दिया he reduced the whole house to ashes; ~ होना to be reduced to ashes; वह ~ जानता है be knows nothing.

khāj fu scabies, itch; उसे ~ है he/she is suffering from --; ~ की दवा medicine for --. [syn. खुजली]

khaṭak·nā vt to offend; यह बात मुझे खटकती है this thing offends me. [syn. अखरना]

khān·pān mu (a) eating and drinking; (b) living; ~ का प्रबंध arrangement for --. उनका ~ अच्छा है they have a good standard of living; उनसे हमारा ~ नहीं है we have no social relationship with them.

ḵẖushk a (a) dry [आब हवा climate, चमड़ी skin, कपड़े clothes.

kharī a and fu [vide खरा] pure, genuine, etc.; ~ -खोटी harsh & unpalatable [बातें words]; ~ -खोटी सुनाना to speak the harsh truth, to give a bit of one's mind.

khilānā vt (a) caus. from खाना; to cause to eat, to feed; बच्चे (घोड़ों, भिखारी, दास्तों) को ~ to -- child (horses, beggar, friends). (b) caus. from खेलना; to cause to play; बच्चे ~ to make the children play [cf. बच्चे को खिलाना above]. (c) caus. from खिलना;; to make bloom/blossom; फूल ~ to make the flowers bloom.