حرفي ḥarf-ī A. adj. Literal, relating to letters.

حساس ḥassās A adj. (superl. from حسّ) 1. Possessed of the five senses. 2. (used substan- tively) m. An animal.

حباب ḥubāb A (or ḥabāb), s. m. A bubble. حباب اٿهنا ḥubāb uṭhnā, To bubble.

حداد ḥaddād A (from حديد) s. m. A blacksmith.

حديث ḥadīs̤ A (from حدث) s. m. f. 1. A his- tory, a tradition. 2. The traditional sayings of Muhammad. حديث کرنا ḥadīs̤ karnā, To for- swear, to abjure, to renounce.

حمال ḥammāl A adj. (superl. from حمل) used substantively, A porter, a carrier of burdens.

حر ḥurr A (Heb. and Chald. ) adj. Free, well born, genteelly born. ¶ ḥarr, s. Heat, ardour.

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

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.

حاکم ḥākim A (part. act. of حکم q. v.) s. m. A ruler, a governour, a judge, a commander, a master. (Plur. حکام ḥukkām, or Pers. حاکمان ḥākimān). حاکم نشين ḥākim-nishīn, Seat of a ruler or sovereign. A. P. حاکمي ḥākim-ī, s. f. Rule, sway, governance, government, dominion.