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).

حرص ḥirṣ A s. f. Desiring eagerly, greediness, avidity, covetousness, avarice, ambition. حرص کرنا ḥirṣ karnā, To covet.

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

حمار ḥimār A (Heb. , from حمر To be hot, to be red; because, says Bochart, asses in the east are of this colour: forsan potius a fervore libidinis in hoc animale. Vide Ezech. xxiii. 20.) s. m. An ass.

حبابي ḥubāb-ī A. adj. Of the bubble, covered with bubbles, bubble-like: s. (in compos.) Bubbling.

حسن ḥasan A (from حسن ḥusn) 1. adj. Good, beautiful. 2. A proper name, a son of علي aﻌlī.

حشو ḥasho A (from حشا) s. m. 1. Stuffing a pil- low, cushion, bed, &c. also, whatever it may be stuffed with. 2. People of the meanest condition. 3. Small camels. حشومنـﮩ‍ا ḥasho min- hā, 1. Subtraction, deduction. 2. The quantity deducted.

حافظ ḥāfiz̤ A (from حفظ) s. m. 1. A guardian, governour, preserver. 2. Having a good me- mory. 3. One who has the whole ḳurʼān by heart. 4. The poetical name of a celebrated poet of Persia (Muhammad Shamsuddīn).

حميٰ hummạ̄ A s. A fever. حماي ربعي ḥummā- i-ribʼīﻌ, A quartan ague.

حل ḥall A (Heb. ) s. m. Solution, loosing. حلکاري ḥall-kārī, s. f. Gilding. حل کرنا ḥall karnā, To loosen, to solve, to dissolve, discuss, dilute. حل هونا hall honā, To be solved, loosened, resolved, dissolved, &c.