'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎365v] (735/1826)

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u
rituous liquors are sold ; also a branch of revenue arising from
the sale of arrack and other spirituous liquors.
p khum-roy, A brazen drum, a kettle-drum.
v XjAc*- khumrah) A small wine-jar. A bomb-shell.
A khams, (fern.) Five, (from Taking (from
the people) a fifth of their property by way of tax. Making five
(by going into a company of four people). Khi/nas, Watering
of camels every fifth day. Camels thus watered. Name of a
certain king of Yaman ; also a striped stuff of which he is said
to have been the inventor. Khums or khurnus, The fifth part.
A khamsat, (masc.) Five. khamsat mus-
tarikaty Five supplementary days added unto the Persian year,
p khamsa-i mann^ The five fingers.
p khumistan) A cellar in which wine-jars are stowed.
A khamsun, (oblique case khamsin) Fifty. Jux
^idu'l khamsin, The feast of Pentecost.
A yL+si*. khamsh (from Scratching (the visage) with
the nails. Giving a box on the ear. Mutilating in a limb,
p khamush (for khdmosh), Silent.
AjJLa^- khamshlr, An avaricious man.
A khams (from Emaciating (hunger). Khums,
Going down (as the swelling of a wound). A'A «///«$ (from
falling away (the belly). Being slender-waisted (man).
a khumsdn or khamasdn, Extenuated (in the belly).
Khumsdn, The crepuscle or twilight.
A khamsat (from Emaciating (hunger). Hun
ger. A small tract of soft beaten ground.
A ^4^- khamt (from Ia4c>-), Roasting (meat, especially when
skinned). Being well flavoured (milk). Stinking. Any thing
bitter or sour (especially a tree yielding but little fruit, as the
ardk). Good milk of a pomaceous flavour. Milk, which
though it have lost its sweetness, retains its odour. Sour milk.
Khamat (from k*^), Being well-flavoured (milk) ; also stink
ing. Khamit, Tempestuous (sea).
a khamt at (from L^>-), Being fragrant (fields). The
odour of vine-flowers. Apple-flavoured (wine). Sweet (land).
A khamtarlr, Salt water.
A £7i«w^(and kham^an) (from j_a^), Limp
ing. Khinu, A wolf. A robber.
p khumak and khumuk, The noise made in clapping
the hands. Beating time in music. Very deep or high. Khum-
mak, An earthen water-pot. The rim of a brazen drum,
p kham-kadah, A wine-house, a tavern,
p kham-gashtah, Crooked.
p J^£a^ kham-gosh (or kham-gdshah), The horns
or extremes of a bow.
p J-4^- khaml, Wild saffron, dog’s bane.
A khaml, The skirts or flaps of a garment. The eye-lids.
A carpet with a long pile. A cushion placed upon a saddle. The
plumage of an ostrich. Khiml also khuml, A sincere friend.
(pl.of khdmil) Obscure, unknown, contemptible.
aSSaS- khamlat or khamalat, Camelot, silk and camel’shair;
also all silk or velvet. Khimlat, A secret.
p khamlah or khumlah, A border of net-work,
p bj^c khum-muhrah, A musical instrument, a shell.
a khamn (from Conjecturing, guessing,
p clA^4k- khimnuk, Sick, diseased.
a khamw (from ^k-), Becoming thick and hard (milk).
a khumud(from ^ 40 -), Abating, goingout (the flame or
fire). Being assuaged, abated (the heat of a fever). Being
cooled, quieted (in mind), fainting, dying. Khammud, Any
place where fire is covered up and preserved.
AjjaJ* khamur, Leaven. Khumur, (pi. of^4o- khamr) Wines.
f ^jAs>~ khamdsh (for ^yo\s- khdmosh), Silent. Taciturn.
Dumb. Tame. Dead. The extinguishing of a candle.
A khamush, Gnats. Khumush (from ^^ 4 ^-), Scratch
ing with the nails. Giving a hox on the ear. Mutilating.
khamdshidan, To keep silence.
A jsyAe* khumus (from Subsiding (a swelling).
A^byA>- khumut (from k^k-), Being sweet (milk). Stinking.
A khamu^, A whore. (from «-*k-), Limping.
A J^ 4 k- khumul (from J^), Being, or rendering one’s self
mean, despicable, or of little note. Being obscure, dull, indis
tinct (sound). Limping. Obscurity, contempt, p
^}jas>- nishastah ba kunj-i khumul, Seated in the nook of solitude.
p t Jy/ 4 ^- khumul, Delay. Solitude. A loiterer. Deferred.
A khumum (from ^>- khamma), Becoming stale (dressed
victuals). Stinking (a leathern milk-bottle). Cleaning (a well).
Being confined in a coop (a domestic fowl).
f ^jA^- khaml, Crookedness, curvature. - c ^ 4 ‘^“ khaml-i
zdnu, The internal bend of the knee.
p khamydzah, Yawning, or stretching.
khamydzah kashldan, To yawn.
A e^-w4o- khamit, Thick, gross, plump,
p ^a^ khamld, The female of every species.
p^Ju^k- khamldan, To be crooked. To be clear, perspicuous,
celebrated. Khimldan, To blow the nose. (Castei.lus.)
p khamldah, Crooked, curved, bent.
A .j+a>- khamlr, Dough, leaven, or any thing put into a mass
of paste to ferment it. Stale or mouldy bread. p
khamlr-i kh'ush, Dry, arid, a Khimmir, An habitual drunkard.
a bkhamlrat, A mass of dough. Ilermodactyl-root.
p tS^c j+a.^- khamlr-mdyah, Leaven.
p bj*A>- khamlr ah. Dough. Conserve of roses or violets.
a khamls, A fifth. Any thing consisting ol five parts
(especially an army composed of three lines and the two wings).
A garment or piece of cloth of five cubits ; also a spear of these
dimensions. yawmu'l khamls, Fifth day, Thursday.