كھہ

ख kha, s.m. A cavity, hollow, hole, aperture; vacuity, empty space, air, ether, sky, heaven;—a cypher, zero, a dot; (in Hindūpoetry) a symbol for naught (0):—kha-ćar, adj. & s.m. (f. -āor -ī), Moving in the air or sky, flying;—a bird; a cloud; the sun; an aerial spirit (syn. kha-ga):—kha-dyot, s.m. (f. -ā), A firefly;—the sun:—kha-sphaṭik, s.m. Aerial crystal; the sun-gem, moon-gem:—kha-śarīr, vulg. kha-sarīr, s.m. A celestial or immortal body or form:—kha-śarīrī, vulg. kha-sarīrī, adj. & s.m. (f. -iṇī), Endowed with an ethereal body, having a celestial form;—a celestial:—kha-ga, vulg. khag, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Moving in the air or sky;—air, wind; a bird; a planet (syn. kha-ćar);—khaga-ketu, or khageś, vulg. khages (˚ga+īś˚), s.m. (f. -ā), The regent or chief of the birds, an epithet of Garuṛ, q.v.;—a species of gigantic crane (known in India as the 'adjutant'):—kha-gol, s.m. The vault or circle of the heavens, the celestial sphere; the planisphere;—the armillary sphere;—kha-golvidyā, s.f. Knowledge of the celestial sphere; the science of astronomy.