Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Khachatryan A surname from Armenian. Khachaturian A surname from Armenian; variant forms Khachadurian, Khachatourian, Khachatrian, Khachatryan, Khachaturyan. Khachaturyan A surname from Armenian, variant of Khachaturian. Khache A Tibetan Muslim. Khachikyan A surname from Armenian. Khachiyan A surname from Armenian khachkar An Armenian carved memorial stone. khadag A Mongolian khata (ceremonial scarf). khaddar A coarse homespun cotton cloth from India. khademite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Khader A surname from Arabic. Khadija the first wife of the prophet Muhammad; the mother of Fatima. khadir The recent alluvial bordering a large river. Khadka A surname from Nepali. khaf The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive). khafd female genital mutilation khagan A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor. khaganate An empire comprising several khanates. Khagaria A district of Bihar, India. Khagav A transliteration of the Hebrew male given name חָגָב. Khagemba A Meitei male given name. Khaghkhagh A town in Utik province, ancient Armenia; today Yanıqlı, a village in Tovuz district, Azerbaijan. khagiarite A black vitreous variety of pantellerite. khagina A seasoned omelette-like dish of India and Pakistan. khahoon A unit of volume used in India until 1920 consisting of 1280 raik totalling 1.7616 m². khaidarkanite A monoclinic-prismatic bright blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium. Khaidem A Meitei surname from Manipuri Khaimov A surname from Russian. khainaoside Any of a group of antiestrogenic compounds present in some Thai medicinal plants khaini A form of chewing tobacco used in India, containing slaked lime. khair The tree Senegalia catechu from which cutch is obtained khaja A fried crispy, layered sweet pastry filled with fruits or soaked with sugar syrup, popular in northern India. khakan Synonym of khan (“Tartar ruler”). khakanship Synonym of khanship. Khakas A Turkic-speaking people in South Central Siberia, who lives along the upper reach of the Yenisei River north of the Sayan Mountains. Khakassia A republic and federal subject of central south Russia. Official name: Republic of Khakassia. Capital: Abakan. khakhra A Gujarati version of tortilla/crispbread, made with flour, spices, ghee, and lentils. khaki A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. khakied Wearing khaki. khakis Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers (pants). khakistocracy Military rule of a country, often in collusion with the elite and business classes. khakiweed A plant of species Alternanthera caracasana, native from Mexico to northern Argentina, common in waste spaces. khakkhara a monk's staff used especially by a Buddhist mendicant as a tool for begging or as a weapon Khaksar A member of a movement established in 1931 with the aim of freeing India from British Empire rule. Khalaf A surname from Arabic. Khalaj A member of the Khalaj people, a Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in Iran. Khalajestan A district of Iran. khalasi An Indian worker at a port or dockyard, traditionally employed in pulling vessels out of the water for maintenance and repair and returning them to the water afterwards. khalass Indicates the performance of a homicide. khalat A type of native gown worn in parts of Central Asia, historically awarded as a robe of honor. Khaldian The Urartian language. Khaled A surname. Khaleesi A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage. Khalessi A female given name from fiction or popular culture, variant of Khaleesi Khalid A male given name from Arabic. khalifa A member of a predominantly Muslim caste of Gujarat, India. Khalifatabad The former name of Bagerhat, a city in Bangladesh. Khalil A male given name from Arabic. Khalili A surname from Persian. Khalilzadeh A surname from Persian. Khaling a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal and India Khalistan Synonym of Punjab; A region of Indian Subcontinent. Khalistani Related to Khalistan, a name for the Punjab region of northern India. Khalkha A member of a subgroup of Mongol people, constituting the bulk of the population of Mongolia. Khalsa Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively. khaltura Black-market or low-quality work. Kham One of the three traditional regions of Tibet, covering a land area largely divided between eastern parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western parts of Sichuan, and smaller parts of Qinghai and Yunnan. Khamaed A gewog of Gasa District, Bhutan. khaman An Indian food, visually similar to cake and compositionally similar to dhokla, made from a batter of gram flour (from chickpeas), cooked by steaming. khamaseen An oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring. Khamba A male given name from Meitei; A transliteration of the Manipuri male given name ꯈꯝꯕ (khamba). Khambrangchak A bird species. It is known for one female of its species, causing a chain of damages while preparing for visiting to her paternal family Khambu A dialect of the Kulung language of Nepal. Khamdamov A transliteration of the Uzbek surname Xamdamov. Khamdang A gewog of Trashi Yangtse District, Bhutan. Khamedoost A surname. Khamenchatpa A Meitei traditional loincloth used by menfolk. Khamenei A surname from Persian, notably borne by the Khamenei family. Khamil Synonym of Hami. Khamlangba The ancient Meitei god of iron, mining, metallurgy, steel manufacturing, hunting and war. Khammam A district and town in Telangana, India. Khamnigan A member of the Buryat people and Evenki people of Northeastern Asia (formerly called the Tungus people). Khamnung The mythological netherworld, in ancient Meitei belief, where souls enter after death; the mythological realm of the king Thongalen, the ancient Meitei god of death. Khampa Of or pertaining to Kham khamrabaevite An isometric-hexoctahedral dark gray mineral containing carbon, iron, titanium, and vanadium. khamsin A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms. Khamti A Tai ethnic group of India, China, and Myanmar. khan A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. khana food, a meal Khanal A surname. Khanam A surname. khananda A singer of mugham or traditional Azerbaijani music; a mugham vocalist khanaqah A hostel for Sufis, often in the form of cells around a courtyard. Khanaqin A city and district in Diyala governorate, Iraq, near the border with Iran. khanate The polity ruled by a khan, comprising one or more tribes or clans; a state or dominion ruled by this polity; its territory. Khanbalik The capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, at the site of present-day Beijing. Khancoban A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. khanda A double-edged sword from India, used ceremonially in Sikhism. Khandallah A northern suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand. Khandelwal A surname from Hindi. Khanderi An island with a fort, located south of Mumbai, along the coast of Maharashtra, India. Khanderia A surname. Khandeshi Synonym of Ahirani (an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Khandesh region of India) Khandheria A surname. Khandud A village in and the capital of Wakhan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. khandvi A savoury snack from Gujarat, India, made from a paste of gram flour and yoghurt. Khandwa A district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Khang A surname. khanga A surname. Khangembam A Meitei surname from Manipuri Khangjarakpam A Meitei surname from Manipuri Khangrab A chiwog of Tang Gewog, Bumthang District, Bhutan. khanhoo A Chinese card game of the draw-and-discard type. khanith A person in Oman who was assigned male at birth and who has a feminine gender identity or gender expression, such as a trans woman or an effeminate gay man. khanjar A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries. khanji An innkeeper, a proprietor of a khan or caravansarai. khanka A freshwater lake on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia, and Heilongjiang province, Northeast China. Khankendi A city in Azerbaijan. khanly Belonging to, characteristic of, or pertaining to a khan. Khanna A surname from Punjabi. khanneshite A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal light yellow mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, cerium, oxygen, sodium, and strontium. khansamah A house-steward or native servant, being in charge of the kitchen and the food supplies. khanship The office, or term, of a khan. Khanty related to Khanty people or their language Khanzadian A surname from Armenian. Khaplu The capital of the Ghanche District in the administrative territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. khapra A khapra beetle. Khar A gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan. Khara A rakshasa, brother of Ravana and Dūṣaṇa in the Ramayana who was killed by Rāma in Panchavati. kharaelakhite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal bronze brown mineral containing copper, iron, lead, nickel, platinum, and sulfur. Kharaghoda A town in Surendranagar district, Gujarat, India. Kharagpur A city and municipality of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. Kharaharapriya Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 22nd melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system. kharaj A kind of individual Islamic tax on agricultural land and its produce. Kharatian A surname from Armenian. Kharatyan A surname from Armenian. Kharbin Synonym of Harbin. Kharbouch A male given name from Arabic. Kharduri A group of formerly seminomadic Tajiks of unknown origin. Khare A surname from Sanskrit. Kharg An island of Iran, in the northern Persian Gulf, near Kuwait and Iraq. A continental island that serves as the main oil terminal of Iran. Kharga A town, the seat of New Valley governorate in Kharga Oasis, southern Egypt. Khargone A district of Madhya Pradesh, India. khargosh Rabbit. Kharia A member of a large indigenous ethnic group of India, mainly inhabiting Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal, Maharashtra. Kharibam A Meitei surname from Manipuri Khariboli The Delhi dialect of Hindustani upon which Standard Hindi and Urdu are based. kharif Of crops: cultivated and harvested during the monsoon season. Khariji A member of an early Islamic sect who initially supported Ali, but then seceded from his army. Kharijism An early rebellious Islamic movement.