ارتحال irtiḥāl A (inf. viii. of رحل) s. m. Act of marching or travelling; departure, death.

ارحام arḥām A s. plur. (of رحم) 1. Wombs, matrices. 2. Relations by the motherʼs side, uterine kindred.

ازدحام izdiḥām A (inf. viii. of زحم) s. m. A concourse, a crowd, a throng, a rushing together of people.

استحاله istiḥāla A (inf. x. of حول) s. m. Ac- counting or being impossible or absurd: changing of state.

اسحاق isʼḥāḳ A n. prop. (Heb. ) Isaac.

الحاق ilḥāḳ A (inf. iv. of لحق) s. m. Annexation, junction, addition, adjunction, continuity.

الحال al-ḥāl A adv. Now, at present, presently, just now.

الحان ilḥān A (inf. iv. of لحن) s. m. Note, sound, modulation, tune, an air (in musick). ¶ alḥān, s. plur. (of لحن) Notes, tunes.

امتحان imtiḥān A (inf. viii. of محن) s. m. Proof, trial, examination, experiment, temptation. امتحان کرنا imtiḥān karnā, To prove, experience, try, tempt.

تحايف taḥāʼịf A s. plur. (of تحفه) 1. Rarities, curiosities. 2. Presents.

حافظ ḥāfiz̤ A (from حفظ) s. m. 1. A guardian, governour, preserver. 2. Having a good me- mory. 3. One who has the whole ḳurʼān by heart. 4. The poetical name of a celebrated poet of Persia (Muhammad Shamsuddīn).

حافظه ḥāfiz̤a A s. m. Memory, the retentive faculty. (Called also قوت حافظه). A. P. حافظي ḥāfiz̤-ī, s. f. Retention of memory, good memory.

حال ḥāl A (from حال Heb. Turned, passed, changed) s. m. 1. State, condition, case. 2. Business, affair, matter, circumstance. 3. Pre- sent time, the present. 4. Ecstacy. (Plur. احوال aḥwāl). حال آنا ḥāl ānā, To be in- spired, to be thrown into ecstacies. حال انکه ḥāl ānki, adv. Whereas, now that, since, though, yet, however, even, although, notwith- standing. حال پرسي ḥāl-purs-ī, s. f. Inquiring after health, &c. حال توجيه ḥāl-taujīh, Ac- count of current demands. حال حال چلنا ḥāl ḥāl chalnā, To go or walk in haste or quickly. حال بي حال هونا ḥāl be ḥāl honā, to be altered from good to bad, to be disordered. حال سال ḥāl-sāl, This year. حال شکسته ḥāl-shikasta, Ruined, distressed, wretched. حال وقال ḥāl o ḳāl, State.

حالات ḥālāt A s. f. plur. (of حالت) States, conditions, circumstances, cases.

حالت ḥālat A s. f. 1. State, condition, cir- cumstance, posture of oneʼs affairs. 2. Case. (Plur. حالات ḥālāt).