of Western Afghanistan and North-Eastern Persia. 115 

 Kech, kick, klch, the shrub Zygophyllum atriplici- 



OIDES. 



Kechi — the galled fruit of Prosopis Stephaniana. 

 Kema, hcima — x^U" — kamdl — c?U^ — the oreneral term 

 for the several large Ferulj3e, and Umbelliferse. 



Kema-hdhl, Ferula ovina. 

 Kema-i-asp, or asp-i-kema, Dorema glabrum. 

 A?igdza-A-ema, Ferula fcetida. 

 Bddra-kema, Ferula galbaniflua. 

 Kdndal-Tcema, Dorema Ammoniacum. 

 Kema-hlrzad, Ferula galbaniflua. 



Kep — the bars of wood that act as levers in bendino- 



the poles to the proper curves required for the 



roof of the hahitka. 

 Kernel — maghz, jouz. 

 Khadml, khatml — the plants Althaea Hohenackeri, 



Althaea lavater.eflora, Altera officinalis, 



and Malva sylvestris. 

 Khciia — * jI^ — an Qgg. 

 Khdia-i-lblls — ltj^XjIx;'^ — pDevil's-eggs]. The seeds 



of C^SALPINIA BONDUCELLA. 



Khair — Altera lavater^flora. 

 Khdk — ii^.iL — earth, soil, mould. 

 Khdk-shl — ^^9^ — khdh-shlr — the seeds of Sisym- 

 brium Sophia, and of some other Crucifer^ 



employed in medicine. 

 Khal (Baluchi) — flint. 

 Khdl-jMsh, a corruption for khdr-posh, [thorny-back]. 



The Porcupine, Hystrix species. 

 KJidl-jDosht-ak [the small thorny-backed one]. The 



Hedgehog, Erinaceus species. 

 Khdm — -Ui — klidmak — k«JC-<L=i — raw, unworked, 



applied to the thread of cotton, silk, or wool 



when not finished. 

 Khdna — AJUi — a house, a dwelling, a tent, a place 



for putting things. 



