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ḵẖākī(ḵẖāk, q.v.+ī= S. इन् ), adj. Of the dust, of ashes; earthy; earthly, terrestrial; dusty; dust-coloured;—s.f. The colour of dust or earth;—s.m. A Hindūmendicant who smears his body with the ashes of burnt cowdung;—an earthy-brown dye; cloth of the colour of dust or earth (of which the uniform of the Sikh regiments is made; hence), Sikh infantry;—an epithet of a kind of arrow;—unirrigated land (depending wholly on rain):—ḵẖākīanḍā, s.m. An addled egg, wind egg; a term of reproach; bastard.
Origin: Persian