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).

حلواٴي ḥalwā-ī A (from حلوا) s. m. A confec- tioner. A. H. حلواين ḥalwā-yan, s. f. A confectionerʼs wife.

حاسد ḥāsid A (from حسد) 1. adj. Envious. 2. s. m. An enemy. (Pers. plur. حاسدان).

حشمت ḥashmat A s. f. 1. State, dignity. 2. Equipage, retinue, train, parade.

حمايل ḥamāʼịl A (from حمل) s. f. 1. A sword- belt hung from the shoulders. 2. A necklace of flowers. 3. A small ḳurʼān suspended to the neck as an amulet.

حاضري ḥāẓir-ī A s. f. 1. Breakfast, desert. 2. Levee, presence, audience, muster-roll. 3. An offering made to a saint. حاضري کهانا ḥāẓirī khānā, To breakfast.

حلف ḥalf A s. An oath.

حزين ḥazīn A (from حزن) adj. Sad, sorrowful, afflicted, melancholy, grieved.

حکي ḥakk-ī A. (from حکّ) s. m. An erasing- knife.

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