خشكی

ḵẖushkī, s.f. Dryness; dearth (occasioned by drought); dry land; high lands not flooded by water (upon which grains not requiring much moisture are cultivated);—dandriff, dry scurf;—dry flour sprinkled over and under dough, or on the board, etc. on which it is kneaded (syn. palethan):—adv. By land (opp. totarī, 'by water'):—ḵẖushkī-kīrāh, adv. By land (=ḵẖushkī).