حجاز ḥijāz A (from حجز To restrain, to intervene, to separate) s. m. 1. Mecca and the adjacent country, Arabia Petræa. (Arabia is by some divided into two parts only; viz. Yaman and Ḥijāz: others make of it five divisions; namely, Yaman, Tihāma, Najd, Aﻌrūẓ and Ḥijāz. Ḥijāz is the chain of mountains extending from Yaman to Syria; and has this name from intervening between Najd and Tihāma). 2. Name of one of the three principal Persian modes of musick (the other two being اسفـﮩ‍ان isfahān and عراق iﻌrāḳ).

حرفه ḥirfa A s. m. 1. Trade, art, profession, craft. 2. Skill, inge- nuity, cleverness, cunning. 3. (dakh.) See مکر makr.

حرمت ḥurmat A (from حرم) s. f. 1. Dignity, character. 2. Chastity, honour. 3. Reverence, esteem. حرمت توڙنا ḥurmat toṛnā, To disgrace. حرمت دينا ḥurmat denā, 1. To bestow ho- nour, exalt, dignify. 2. To lose oneʼs charac- ter, to incur disgrace. حرمت کرنا ḥurmat kar- nā, To treat respectfully, to honour. حرمت لينا ḥurmat lenā, 1. To violate, to ravish. 2. To disgrace.

حجامت ḥajāmat A (from حجم He cupped, &c.) s. f. Cupping, scarifying, shaving. A. H. حجامني ḥajjām-anī, s. f. (dakh.) Barberʼs wife.

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

حايل ḥāʼịl A part. act. (from حول) Restraining, intervening, hindering; (used substantively)

حام ḥām A n. prop. (Heb. ) Ham son of Noah.

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

حريري ḥarīr-ī A 1. adj. Of silk cloth. 2. s. f. A very thin kind of paper.

حبشي ḥabsh-ī A (belonging to حبش) adj. Abys- sinian, a Caffre, negro.