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

حکم ḥukm A s. m. Order, command, decree, sentence, doom, award, authority, jurisdiction, precept, effect, influence, efficiency, permis- sion, article (of faith, &c.). (Plur. احکام). حکم اٿهانا يا نکالنا ḥukm-uṭhānā or -nikālnā, To draw at cards. حکم انداز ḥukm-andāz, Hitting the mark aimed at, obedient to directions. حکم ران ḥukm-rān (حکم with the part. act. of راندن To drive) Ruling, exercising sovereignty. حکم راني ḥukm-rān-ī, s. f. Sway, sovereignty. حکم کرنا ḥukm karnā, To command, order, adjudge, award, sentence, decree. حکم کش ḥukm-kash,

حسرت ḥasrat A (from حسر Heb. Defect, want, privation) s. f. Regret, grief, desire. حسرت آلوده ḥasrat-ālūda, adj. Overwhelmed with grief. حسرت زده ḥasrat-zada, adj. Wo- begone, afflicted. حسرت کشته ḥasrat-kushta, Killed with grief.

حلقه ḥalḳa A s. m. 1. A ring, a circle, an as- sembly, a fraternity. 2. A kind of firework. 3. A knocker (of a door). حلقه بگوش ḥalḳa- ba-gosh, A slave, a servant: i. e. One who wears a ring in his ear, as a badge of servitude. حلقه بگوشي ḥalḳa ba-gosh-ī, s. f. Servitude, slavery. حلقه زن ḥalḳa-zan, Knocking (at a door).

حاضراتي ḥāẓirāt-ī A s. f. Commanding evil spi rits, &c., a conjurer, exorciser.

حلبي ḥalab-ī A adj. From, or belonging to (حلب) Aleppo.

حاتم ḥātim A (from حتم Heb. To seal, to sign, to confirm, to decide, to judge) part. act. used substantively, 1. A judge. 2. A

حماقت ḥimāḳat A (more correctly ḥamāḳat, from حمق) s. f. Folly, stupidity.

حفظ ḥifz̤ A s. m. 1. Memory. 2. Custody, keeping, guardianship, protection, preservation. حفظ مراتب ḥifz̤-i-marātib, Observing etiquette, attention to the rank, &c. of persons addressed.

حيز ḥaiyiz A (from حاز) s. m. 1. A place, part, a tract of ground. 2. A court-yard, an area.