خلوت ḵẖalwat, vulg. ḵẖilwat for A. خلوة, v.n. fr. خلو 'to be empty,' c.
P خلوت ḵẖalwat, vulg. ḵẖilwat (for A. خلوة, v.n. fr. خلو 'to be empty,' &c.), s.f. Loneliness, solitude; seclusion, retirement, privacy; a vacant place, a private place or apartment, a closet, &c. (to which one retires for privacy); a cell (for religious retirement);—private conference:—ḵẖalwat-ḵẖāna, s.m. Place of retirement, private apartment, closet, cell, oratory; the women's apartment:—ḵẖalwat-dārī, s.f. Privacy; behaviour or conduct in private:—ḵẖalwat karnā, To retire; to be closeted (with, -se), to confer in private (with):—ḵẖalwat-gāh, s.f. A solitary place; a place of retirement and seclusion; retirement:—ḵẖalwat-guzīn, and ḵẖalwat-nishīn, adj. & s.m. lit. 'Choosing solitude' and 'sitting in solitude' retired, recluse;—a solitaire; a hermit:—ḵẖalwat-o-jalwat-meṅ, In private and in public.
