حسين ḥasīn A (from حسن) adj. Beautiful.

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

حميده ḥamīda A f. (from حمد) adj. 1. Praised. 2. Laudable, glorious. اخلاق حميده aḵẖlāḳ-i-ḥamīda, Laudable quali- ties or manners. اوصاف حميده auṣāf-i-ḥamīda, Laudable qualifications.

حلال ḥalāl A (from حل) adj. 1. Legal, allow- able, lawful, right. 2. (A woman) laying aside mourning for the death of her husband, at the expiration of 100 days (during which time she is not by law allowed to marry). حلال خور ḥalāl-ḵẖor, s. m. A person of the lowest cast, generally a sweeper, or employed

حسود ḥasūd A (from حسد) adj. Envious, malig- nant. ¶ ḥusūd, s. Envying, envy.

حاجب ḥājib A (from حجب q. v.) s. m. 1. A porter, a door-keeper, a chamberlain. 2. A curtain, a skreen. 3. The eyebrow.

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

حفاظت ḥifāz̤at A (from حفظ) s. f. 1. Memory. 2. Custody, guarding, keeping, preservation, care, guardianship, protection. حفاظت کرنا ḥifāz̤at karnā, 1. To preserve, to defend, to be on oneʼs guard. 2. To repeat from memory. 3. To keep in memory.

حيرت ḥairat A s. f. Stupor and perturbation of mind, astonishment, amazement. حيرت افزا ḥairat-afzā or حيرت فزا ḥairat-fazā, Astonishing. حيرت زده ḥairat-zada, Struck with asto- nishment, thunderstruck, aghast, amazed. حيرت مآب ḥairat-maʼāb, adj. Astonished.

حي ḥaiy A (Heb. ) adj. Alive. حي قيوم ḥaiy ḳaiyūm, adj. Eternal, immortal. حي لايموت ḥaiy lā-yamūt, Eternal.