حشرات ḥasharāt A s. plur. (of حشرة) 1. The buzzing noise of a crowd. 2. Reptiles, insects, animalcules. حشرات الارض ḥasharātu-l-arẓ, Reptiles, insects.

حلوان ḥalwān A s. m. A kid, a lamb.

حداد ḥaddād A (from حديد) s. m. A blacksmith.

حرکات ḥarakāt A s. plur. of حرکت ḥarakat.

حفل ḥafl A s. m. An assembly, council, congre- gation.

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.

حرمان ḥirmān A (from حرم) s. m. Repulse, dis- appointment.

حاذق ḥāẕiḳ A (from حذق Was acute, pricked, stimulated) adj. Ingenious, skilful, penetrating, intelligent, excelling, adept.

حضيض ḥaẓīẓ A (from حض) 1. adj. Low. 2. s. f. The lower extremity or surface of any thing. 3. The foot of a mountain. 4. (in astronomy) The lower apsis in an eccentrick orbit (opposed to اوج auj).

حامي ḥāmī A (part. act. from حما or حمايت) s. m. A protector, a defender. حامي بهرنا ḥāmī bharnā, To believe, acknowledge, confess, allow, own, consent. Saudā says: نازبرادري کي حامي تب بهرون دل کي کمر دم دلا سادي بندها لون استقامت کي ليي Nāz-bardārī kī ḥāmī tab bharūṅ, dil kī kamar dam-dilāsā de bandhā lūṅ, istiḳāmat ke liye, I will then consent to endure her capricious airs, when by soft persuasion I have fortified my heart for perseverance.