آب حرام āb-i-ḥarām P s. Wine: the tears of a person who weeps hypocritically and sorrowless.

احراق iḥrāḳ A (inf. iv. of حرق) s. m. Act of burning or setting on fire.

احرام iḥrām A (inf. iv. of حرم) s. m. Act of for- bidding or interdicting, putting on the pilgrimʼs habit at a certain distance from Mecca, determi- nation or resolution. (At a certain distance from Mecca, the pilgrims interdict themselves all worldly enjoyments, &c. There their reso- lution is fixed to complete the pilgrimage; and, hence, the word means the determination then formed). جامۀ احرام jāma-i-iḥrām, The gar- ment worn by pilgrims on entering Mecca.

انحراف inḥirāf A (inf. vii. of حرف) s. m. 1. Deflection, inversion, change, (met.) proving a

بحران buḥrān A s. m. The crisis of a disease.

بيت الحرام baitu-l-ḥarām A s. m. (Sacred house) The temple of Mecca.

حراج ḥirāj A s. plur. (of حرجة) Flocks of camels, thickets of trees.

حرارت ḥarārat A (from حرّ Heb. ) s. f. Heat, burning fever, warmth, ardour, fervour, fieriness; zeal. حرارت ديني ḥarārat-i-dīnī, s. f. Fanaticism. حرارت غريزي ḥarārat-i-g̠ẖarīzī, s. f. Natural heat.

حراست ḥirāsat A (from حرس) s. f. Care, watching, guarding. حراست کرنا ḥirāsat karnā, To take care of, to govern, to guard.

حراف ḥarrāf A adj. (superl. from حرفت) 1. Ingenious, clever. 2. Pleasant, facetious.

حرام ḥarām A (from حرم Heb. ) adj. Un- lawful, forbidden, prohibited, excluded, sacred, wrong. حرام رکهنا ḥarām rakhnā, To prohibit. حرام خور ḥarām-ḵẖor or حرام خوار ḥarām- khẉār, s. m. One who lives on the wages of iniquity. حرام زاده ḥarām-zāda, adj. 1. Illegiti- mate, base-born, bastard. 2. s. m. A wicked

حرامي ḥarām-ī A s. m. A robber, assassin, doer of what is forbidden or unlawful, rascal, cheat. حرامي پلا ḥarām-ī pillā, Bastard.

حرب ḥarb A (Heb. ) s. f. War, battle. حرب گاه ḥarb-gāh, s. f. Field of battle.

حربا ḥirbā A s. m. A chameleon.

حربه ḥarba A s. m. Arms, warlike apparatus. حربه کرنا ḥarba karnā, To attack, to thrust (at).