حکايت ḥikāyat A (from حکو or حکي To nar- rate, Heb. The palate; speech) s. f. A history, romance, story, tale, narration.

حادثه ḥādis̤a A s. m. A novelty, incident, acci- dent, occurrence, event, adventure, calamity, misfortune.

حب ḥabb A s. f. 1. A berry, grain of corn, fruit, &c. 2. (usually in Hind.) A pill. (Pl. حبوب ḥubūb).

حذف ḥaẕf A s. m. Taking away, ejecting, cutting off a letter or syllable of a word, apo- cope, elision. حذف کرنا ḥaẕf-karnā, To omit, contract, reject, cut off or drop (a letter, &c.).

حسان ḥussān A or ḥassān, adj. Very good, most beautiful. ¶ ḥisān, plur. of حسان ḥussān, q. v.

حساب ḥisāb A (from حسب) s. m. Computa- tion, calculation, reckoning, accounts, account. حساب پاک کرنا ḥisāb pāk karnā, To clear accounts. حساب پاک هونا ḥisāb pāk honā, To be cleared or settled (accounts). حساب دان ḥisāb-dān, s. m. An arithmetician. حساب رکهنا ḥisāb rakhnā, To keep account of, to register. حساب رفع کرنا ḥisāb rafﻌ karnā, To settle ac- counts. حساب کتاب ḥisāb kitāb, s. m. Ac- counts. حساب کرنا ḥisāb karnā, To calculate. حساب لينا ḥisab lenā, To take an account. حساب نويس ḥisāb nawīs, s. m. An accountant.

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.

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

حيض ḥaiẓ A s. f. The menses. ولد الحيض wa- ladu-l-ḥaiẓ, A term of reproach.

حواس ḥawāss A s. m. plur. (of حاسه from حسّ) The senses. حواس باخته ḥawāss-bāḵẖta, adj. Out of oneʼs senses, beside oneʼs self, crazy. حواس خمسه ḥawāss-i-ḵẖamsa, The five senses.