حشري ḥashr-ī A adj. Ghastly; violent and im- petuous (for the mare, a horse).

حقيقتا ḥaḳīḳat-aṉ A adv. Really, truly, in truth, in reality.

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

حق ḥaḳḳ A (Heb. To describe, engrave, de- cree) 1. adj. Just, right, true. 2. s. m. The deity. 3. The truth. 4. Justice, rectitude. 5. Right, due, just claim, lot, portion. 6. Equity. (Plur. حقوق ḥuḳūḳ, Rights, duties, laws, just

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

حسن ḥasan A (from حسن ḥusn) 1. adj. Good, beautiful. 2. A proper name, a son of علي aﻌlī.

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.

حي ḥaiy A (Heb. ) adj. Alive. حي قيوم ḥaiy ḳaiyūm, adj. Eternal, immortal. حي لايموت ḥaiy lā-yamūt, Eternal.

حرس ḥirs A s. m. Same as حراست q. v.

حيله ḥīla A (Heb. ) s. m. Stratagem, deceit, artifice, pretence, trick, wile. حيله باز ḥīla-bāz or حيله گر ḥīla-gar, adj. Artful, insidious, wily, deceitful. حيله بازي ḥīla-bāz-ī, or حيله گري ḥīla- gar-ī, s. f. Artfulness, stratagem, trick, wiliness. حيله ساز ḥīla-sāz, adj. Preparing deceit, deceit- ful, artful. حيله سازي ḥīla-sāz-ī, s. f. Prepara- tion of deceit, artifice, chicane.