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.

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

حميد ḥamīd A m. (from حمد) adj. 1. Praised. 2. Laudable, glorious. اخلاق حميده aḵẖlāḳ-i-ḥamīda, Laudable quali- ties or manners. اوصاف حميده auṣāf-i-ḥamīda, Laudable qualifications.

حقنه ḥuḳna A (from حقن) s. m. A syringe, a squirt, a clyster-pipe, a clyster.

حسرت ḥasrat A (from حسر Heb. Defect, want, privation) s. f. Regret, grief, desire. حسرت آلوده ḥasrat-ālūda, adj. Overwhelmed with grief. حسرت زده ḥasrat-zada, adj. Wo- begone, afflicted. حسرت کشته ḥasrat-kushta, Killed with grief.

حافظ ḥāfiz̤ A (from حفظ) s. m. 1. A guardian, governour, preserver. 2. Having a good me- mory. 3. One who has the whole ḳurʼān by heart. 4. The poetical name of a celebrated poet of Persia (Muhammad Shamsuddīn).

حليم ḥalīm A (from حلم) adj. Mild, affable, cle- ment, unassuming, tractable. 2. A kind of food dressed in the Muḥarram.

حساس ḥassās A adj. (superl. from حسّ) 1. Possessed of the five senses. 2. (used substan- tively) m. An animal.

حج ḥajj A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. Act of moving round, or going to a place. 2. Pilgrimage to Mecca.

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