حدود ḥudūd A s. plur. (of حدّ) 1. Boundaries, confines. 2. Penal laws.

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

حنجره ḥanjara A vulg. ḥinjara, s. m. The throat.

حکمتي ḥikmat-ī A. adj. Clever, artful, of wis- dom, philosophical.

حيراني ḥairān-ī A. s. f. Astonishment, perturba- tion, confusion or distraction (of mind), dis- tress.

حور ḥūr A (from حار Heb. and Ch. To be white, to see, to have in-

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.

حرفا حرفا ḥarfaṉ ḥarfaṉ A adv. Letter by letter, literally, syllable by syllable.

حنا ḥinnā A s. f. The tree with which the In- dians stain their hands and feet. (Lawsonia inermis). حنا بند ḥinnā-band, Having ḥinnā applied or being adorned with it.

حضر ḥaẓar A s. m. A fixed residence, home, resting, remaining in a place, presence.