حکاک ḥakkāk A (adj. superl. of حکّ) s. m. A cutter and polisher of precious stones.

حريري ḥarīr-ī A 1. adj. Of silk cloth. 2. s. f. A very thin kind of paper.

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

حجامت ḥajāmat A (from حجم He cupped, &c.) s. f. Cupping, scarifying, shaving. A. H. حجامني ḥajjām-anī, s. f. (dakh.) Barberʼs wife.

حقيقي ḥaḳīḳ-ī A adj. Real, true, certain, accu- rate, just, actual, own. حقيقي بهاٴي ḥaḳīḳī bhāʼī, A full brother.

حسابي ḥisāb-ī A. 1. adj. Proper, accountable, accurate, correct, just. 2. in compos. s. f. Reckoning, calculation.

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.

حرکت ḥarakat A s. f. 1. Motion, procedure, gesture, action (usually improper). 2. Preven- tion, hinderance, interruption. 3. A short vowel.

حناٴي ḥinnā-ī A adj. Of the colour of ḥinnā, stained with ḥinnā.

حله ḥalla H (perhaps for Arab. حمله) s. m. Assault, onset, attack, storm. حله کرنا ḥalla karnā, To assault, storm, attack.