حين ḥīn A s. m. Time, interval of time. حين حيات ḥīn-i-ḥayāt, s. f. Lifetime.

حيضي ḥaiẓ-ī A. adj. (used substantively) A wicked brat.

حله ḥulla A s. m. A robe, a garment.

حوا ḥawwā A (Heb. , from حيّ Heb. To live; "because she was the mother of all living," Gen. iii. 20.) n. prop. Eve, the mother of mankind.

حامد ḥāmid A (part. act. of حمد) s. m. A praiser (peculiarly, of God).

حبس ḥabs A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. Retention, imprisonment. 2. Prison. 3. A prisoner. 4. A bank, mound, dam. 5. A tank, pond, re- servoir. حبس البول ḥabsu-l-baul, s. m. A re- tention of urine, a strangury. حبس النفس ḥabsu-n-nafas, Suffocation. حبس دم ḥabs-i-dam, s. m. 1. Retaining the breath (which some fa- ḳirs do as a religious act for a very long time. This is esteemed a means of prolonging life, on the principle, that every man has a predestined number of inspirations to make, and the more slowly these are performed, the longer will be the period of his existence). 2. An asthma. A. H. حبشني ḥabshanī, s. f. A female Abyssinian.

حوت ḥūt A s. f. 1. Fish. 2. The sign Pisces.

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

حقنه ḥuḳna A (from حقن) s. m. A syringe, a squirt, a clyster-pipe, a clyster.

حرکات ḥarakāt A s. plur. of حرکت ḥarakat.