حاشيه ḥāshiya A (from حشو) s. m. 1. A margin, hem, border. 2. A marginal note. 3. People of inferiour rank.

حدوث ḥudūs̤ A s. m. Novelty, the being new or recent, invention.

حادث ḥādis̤ A (from حدث Heb. Was new, existed for the first time) adj. New, just ap- pearing. حادث هونا ḥādis̤ honā, To appear, to emerge, to happen, to occur.

حايط ḥāʼịt̤ A s. A wall.

حزيني ḥazīn-ī A. s. f. Sadness, grief.

حقيقي ḥaḳīḳ-ī A adj. Real, true, certain, accu- rate, just, actual, own. حقيقي بهاٴي ḥaḳīḳī bhāʼī, A full brother.

حجامت ḥajāmat A (from حجم He cupped, &c.) s. f. Cupping, scarifying, shaving. A. H. حجامني ḥajjām-anī, s. f. (dakh.) Barberʼs wife.

حلوه ḥalwa A. s. m. See حلوا ḥalwā.

حبس ḥabs A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. Retention, imprisonment. 2. Prison. 3. A prisoner. 4. A bank, mound, dam. 5. A tank, pond, re- servoir. حبس البول ḥabsu-l-baul, s. m. A re- tention of urine, a strangury. حبس النفس ḥabsu-n-nafas, Suffocation. حبس دم ḥabs-i-dam, s. m. 1. Retaining the breath (which some fa- ḳirs do as a religious act for a very long time. This is esteemed a means of prolonging life, on the principle, that every man has a predestined number of inspirations to make, and the more slowly these are performed, the longer will be the period of his existence). 2. An asthma. A. H. حبشني ḥabshanī, s. f. A female Abyssinian.

حصانت ḥaṣānat A (from حصن) s. f. Firmness, stability, durability, steadiness.