حقيقت ḥaḳīḳat A (from حقّ) s. f. 1. Truth, rightness, sincerity, reality, fact. 2. Account, narration, relation, story, state, condition, expla- nation.

حوا ḥawwā A (Heb. , from حيّ Heb. To live; "because she was the mother of all living," Gen. iii. 20.) n. prop. Eve, the mother of mankind.

حالت ḥālat A s. f. 1. State, condition, cir- cumstance, posture of oneʼs affairs. 2. Case. (Plur. حالات ḥālāt).

حلال ḥalāl A (from حل) adj. 1. Legal, allow- able, lawful, right. 2. (A woman) laying aside mourning for the death of her husband, at the expiration of 100 days (during which time she is not by law allowed to marry). حلال خور ḥalāl-ḵẖor, s. m. A person of the lowest cast, generally a sweeper, or employed

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

حامض ḥāmiẓ A (part. act. of حمض Heb. ) adj. Sour.

حرصي ḥirṣ-ī A adj. Greedy, covetous, ambitious.

حيات ḥayāt A (from حيّ) s. f. Life. حيات تازه ḥayāt-i-tāza, New life, regeneration (used to ex- press recovery from severe illness, the pleasure derived from meeting with a friend, &c.).

حيرتي ḥairat-ī A. adj. Astonished.

حصار ḥiṣār A (from حصر) s. m. An enclosure, a fence, besieging, a fortification, fort, fortress, bulwark, fortified place.