حصر ḥaṣr A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. A siege, block- ade. 2. Reckoning, counting, number.

حجب ḥajb A s. m. Interposing, secluding, ex- cluding, fencing round.

حکما ḥukamā A s. plur. (of حکيم) Philosophers, sages, physicians.

حقارت ḥiḳārat A (properly ḥaḳārat, from حقر) s. f. Contempt, scorn, disdain, affront, disgrace, vileness, baseness, despicableness.

حمله ḥamla A s. m. 1. Attack, onset, assault, storm. 2. (fig.) Concubitus. حمله آور ḥamla- āwar, Attacking. حمله کرنا ḥamla karnā, To attack, to assault, to storm, to assail, attempt.

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.

حاضري ḥāẓir-ī A s. f. 1. Breakfast, desert. 2. Levee, presence, audience, muster-roll. 3. An offering made to a saint. حاضري کهانا ḥāẓirī khānā, To breakfast.

حلوه ḥalwa A. s. m. See حلوا ḥalwā.

حول ḥaul A (Heb. ) 1. Changing, returning. 2. Passing by or over. 3. Detaining. 4. Power, strength. 5. Deceit. 6. A year. ¶ ḥawal, adj. Squinting, blind of an eye.

حمل ḥaml A s. m. 1. A burden, a load. حمل کرنا ḥaml karnā, To load, to impute, to accuse, to ascribe. 2. The fruit (of the womb), preg- nancy. 3. Fruit (of any kind). 4. ¶ ḥamal, Aries.