احمد aḥmad A adj. compar. (of حمید) More or most praiseworthy or commendable. n. prop. Name of Muhammad and of others.

احمدي aḥmad-ī A adj. Belonging to Ahmad. A.P. احمدآباد aḥmad-ābād, Name of a city in Gujrāt.

احمر aḥmar A adj. Red.

الحمدلله al-ḥamdu lillāhi A God be praised.

حمار ḥimār A (Heb. , from حمر To be hot, to be red; because, says Bochart, asses in the east are of this colour: forsan potius a fervore libidinis in hoc animale. Vide Ezech. xxiii. 20.) s. m. An ass.

حماري ḥimār-ī A adj. Asinine, belonging to the ass.

حماقت ḥimāḳat A (more correctly ḥamāḳat, from حمق) s. f. Folly, stupidity.

حمال ḥammāl A adj. (superl. from حمل) used substantively, A porter, a carrier of burdens.

حماله ḥammāla A s. f. A female porter or carrier of burdens.

حمام ḥammām A (from حمّ Heb. To become warm) s. m. A hot bath, bagnio. ¶ ḥamām, s. A pigeon.

حماما ḥamāmā A s. Amomum.

حمامي ḥammām-ī A s. m. A keeper of a bath or an attendant at a bath.

حمايت ḥimāyat A (from حما) s. f. Protection, defence, guardianship, patronage, countenance. حمايت کرنا ḥimāyat karnā, To defend, protect, patronise, guard.

حمايتي ḥimāyat-ī A. s. m. f. Protector, defender.

حمايل ḥamāʼịl A (from حمل) s. f. 1. A sword- belt hung from the shoulders. 2. A necklace of flowers. 3. A small ḳurʼān suspended to the neck as an amulet.