حلاج ḥallāj A (from حلج) s. m. A comber, a carder of cotton.

حافظه ḥāfiz̤a A s. m. Memory, the retentive faculty. (Called also قوت حافظه). A. P. حافظي ḥāfiz̤-ī, s. f. Retention of memory, good memory.

حرکتي ḥarakat-ī A. s. m. An interrupter.

حلقي ḥalḳ-ī A adj. Guttural (letters, viz. ح خ ه ء ع غ).

حلتيت ḥiltīt A s. Assafœtida.

حوصله ḥauṣila A (proper. ḥauṣala, from حصل) s. m. 1. The stomach, maw, crop, craw. 2. (met.) Capacity, ambition, spirit, desire, resolu- tion. حوصله داري ḥauṣila-dār-ī, s. f. Capacity. حوصله مند ḥauṣila-mand, adj. Ambitious, as- piring.

حفاظت ḥifāz̤at A (from حفظ) s. f. 1. Memory. 2. Custody, guarding, keeping, preservation, care, guardianship, protection. حفاظت کرنا ḥifāz̤at karnā, 1. To preserve, to defend, to be on oneʼs guard. 2. To repeat from memory. 3. To keep in memory.

حيطه ḥīt̤a A s. m. A court, a place, an enclo- sure.

حدث ḥadas̤ A or ḥads̤ (Heb. ) s. m. 1. Any thing existing for the first time, recently hap- pening, novelty, contingency, event, accident. 2. An accidental cause of impurity, according to Musalmān traditions, whereby it becomes un-

حوالات ḥawālāt A (from حال Heb. ) s. f. Things given in charge, trusts. A. P. حوالدار ḥawāl-dār (حواله and part. act. of داشتن) s. m. A military officer of inferiour rank.