حلم ḥilm A (from حلم He dreamt, was mild and long suffering. Heb. To be fat, healthy, to dream: or, rather, transposed from To indulge, to spare) s. m. Gentleness, clemency, mildness, affability, gravity, wisdom. بي حلم be ḥilm, adj. Merciless, severe.

حکم ḥukm A s. m. Order, command, decree, sentence, doom, award, authority, jurisdiction, precept, effect, influence, efficiency, permis- sion, article (of faith, &c.). (Plur. احکام). حکم اٿهانا يا نکالنا ḥukm-uṭhānā or -nikālnā, To draw at cards. حکم انداز ḥukm-andāz, Hitting the mark aimed at, obedient to directions. حکم ران ḥukm-rān (حکم with the part. act. of راندن To drive) Ruling, exercising sovereignty. حکم راني ḥukm-rān-ī, s. f. Sway, sovereignty. حکم کرنا ḥukm karnā, To command, order, adjudge, award, sentence, decree. حکم کش ḥukm-kash,

حصول ḥuṣūl A (from حصل) s. m. Acquisition, at- tainment, profit, advantage, produce.

حلاله ḥalāla A s. f. A woman married again with her first divorcer after she had been di- vorced by her second husband.

حظر ḥaz̤r A s. m. Prohibition, seclusion, forbid- ding.

حکايت ḥikāyat A (from حکو or حکي To nar- rate, Heb. The palate; speech) s. f. A history, romance, story, tale, narration.

حاسد ḥāsid A (from حسد) 1. adj. Envious. 2. s. m. An enemy. (Pers. plur. حاسدان).

حجت ḥujjat A s. f. 1. An argument, proof, reason. 2. Altercation, disputation.

حميت ḥamīyat A (from حما) s. f. Ardour, zeal, a nice sense of honour.

حيوانيت ḥaiwān-iyat A s. f. Beastliness, bes- tiality, brutality.