حکيم ḥakīm A (from حکمت) adj. used substan- tively, A sage, a philosopher, a physician. A. P. حکيمانه ḥakīm-āna, adj. Physician-like, sage-like, philosophical.

حريم ḥarīm A (from حرم) s. m. 1. A sacred place, a sanctuary. 2. The enclosure of the temple of Mecca. 3. A house or dwelling.

حانث ḥānis̤ A (part. act. of حنث) s. m. A perjurer.

حريره ḥarīra A (from حرّ) s. m. A kind of pap of milk and flour, caudle.

حطب ḥat̤ab A s. f. Firewood.

حمق ḥumḳ A or ḥumuḳ, s. m. Foolishness, folly, stupidity, inadvertency.

حصن ḥiṣn A (Heb. The arm, by which a thing is protected) s. m. A castle, fortification. حصن حصين ḥiṣn-i-ḥaṣīn, 1. An impregnable fortress. 2. The title of a book of Musalmān traditions.

حريص ḥarīṣ A (from حرص) adj. Covetous, vo- racious, greedy, gluttonous.

حس ḥiss A s. m. 1. Sense, sentiment, feeling, imagination. 2. Sympathy. حس باطني ḥiss-i--bāt̤inī, Internal sense. حس ظاهري ḥiss-i-z̤ā- -hirī, External sense. حس مشترک ḥiss-i-mush- tarak, Common sense.

حبس ḥabs A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. Retention, imprisonment. 2. Prison. 3. A prisoner. 4. A bank, mound, dam. 5. A tank, pond, re- servoir. حبس البول ḥabsu-l-baul, s. m. A re- tention of urine, a strangury. حبس النفس ḥabsu-n-nafas, Suffocation. حبس دم ḥabs-i-dam, s. m. 1. Retaining the breath (which some fa- ḳirs do as a religious act for a very long time. This is esteemed a means of prolonging life, on the principle, that every man has a predestined number of inspirations to make, and the more slowly these are performed, the longer will be the period of his existence). 2. An asthma. A. H. حبشني ḥabshanī, s. f. A female Abyssinian.