حمل ḥaml A s. m. 1. A burden, a load. حمل کرنا ḥaml karnā, To load, to impute, to accuse, to ascribe. 2. The fruit (of the womb), preg- nancy. 3. Fruit (of any kind). 4. ¶ ḥamal, Aries.

حصين ḥaṣīn A (from حصن) adj. Fortified, strong.

حاجت ḥājat A (from حاج Heb. Moved round, frequented, stood in need of) s. f. 1. Need, want, necessity, poverty. 2. Hope, wish. حاجت برآر ḥājat-bar-ār, Producing what is wanted or desired. حاجت رفع کرنا ḥājat rafﻌ karnā, 1. To relieve oneʼs neces- sities. 2. To go to the necessary. حاجت مند ḥājat-mand, adj. 1. Necessitous, indigent. 2. Hoping, depending. حاجت روا ḥājat-rawā, adj. Supplying or obtaining what is needed. حاجت رواٴي ḥajat-rawā-ī, s. f. The obtaining what is wanted or needed. (Plur. حاجات).

حيله ḥīla A (Heb. ) s. m. Stratagem, deceit, artifice, pretence, trick, wile. حيله باز ḥīla-bāz or حيله گر ḥīla-gar, adj. Artful, insidious, wily, deceitful. حيله بازي ḥīla-bāz-ī, or حيله گري ḥīla- gar-ī, s. f. Artfulness, stratagem, trick, wiliness. حيله ساز ḥīla-sāz, adj. Preparing deceit, deceit- ful, artful. حيله سازي ḥīla-sāz-ī, s. f. Prepara- tion of deceit, artifice, chicane.

حديقه ḥadīḳa A s. m. A garden.

حب ḥubb A (Heb. ) s. f. Love, affection, friendship. حب الوطن ḥubbu-l-wat̤an, Love of oneʼs country, patriotism.

حلقوم ḥulḳūm A s. m. See حلق ḥalḳ.

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.

حرف ḥarf A s. m. 1. A letter of the alphabet. 2. A particle (in grammar). 3. Inverting, changing, turning (as, a coat). 4. A crooked pen. 5. Writing diagonally. 6. A margin, side. 7. A word. 8. The summit of a moun- tain. 9. (in Hind.) Blame, censure, animad- version. (Plur. حرفات ḥarfāt or حروف ḥurūf). حروف هجا يا تـﮩجي ḥurūf-i-hijā or -tahajjī, The letters of the alphabet, an alphabet. حرف آشنا ḥarf-āshnā, Being just able to read, knowing the letters. حرف آنا ḥarf ānā (Heb. In-

حکايات ḥikāyāt A s. plur. of حکايت q. v.