حسب ḥasb A adv. 1. Agreeably, conformably, according to, in conformity with. 2. s. m. Com- puting, reflecting upon, considering. 3. Suffi- ciency. 4. See ḥasab, sign. 3. and 4. حسب الامکان ḥasbu-l-imkān, As far as possible. حسب الامر ḥasbu-l-amr, or حسب الارشاد ḥasbu-l-irshād,

حوزه ḥauza A (Heb. from حاز Heb. To collect, to accumulate, to possess) s. m. A tract, side, part, middle.

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).

حجابي ḥijāb-ī A. s. f. Concealment, secrecy.

حال ḥāl A (from حال Heb. Turned, passed, changed) s. m. 1. State, condition, case. 2. Business, affair, matter, circumstance. 3. Pre- sent time, the present. 4. Ecstacy. (Plur. احوال aḥwāl). حال آنا ḥāl ānā, To be in- spired, to be thrown into ecstacies. حال انکه ḥāl ānki, adv. Whereas, now that, since, though, yet, however, even, although, notwith- standing. حال پرسي ḥāl-purs-ī, s. f. Inquiring after health, &c. حال توجيه ḥāl-taujīh, Ac- count of current demands. حال حال چلنا ḥāl ḥāl chalnā, To go or walk in haste or quickly. حال بي حال هونا ḥāl be ḥāl honā, to be altered from good to bad, to be disordered. حال سال ḥāl-sāl, This year. حال شکسته ḥāl-shikasta, Ruined, distressed, wretched. حال وقال ḥāl o ḳāl, State.

حنجره ḥanjara A vulg. ḥinjara, s. m. The throat.

حجر ḥajar A s. m. A stone. (Plur. احجار aḥjār). حجرتان ḥajratān, Gold and silver. حجرالاسود ḥa- jaru-l-aswad, s. m. The black stone in the tem- ple of Mecca. حجراليـﮩود ḥajaru-l-yahūd, s. m. A calcareous stone used in medicine, jewʼs-stone, resembling an olive or acorn, found in Palestine. (Helmintholithus judaicus: Lin. Helmintholi- thus echini b. a. Gmel.).

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

حکمتي ḥikmat-ī A. adj. Clever, artful, of wis- dom, philosophical.

حرصاها ḥirṣāhā A. adj. See حريص ḥarīs.