حجاز ḥijāz A (from حجز To restrain, to intervene, to separate) s. m. 1. Mecca and the adjacent country, Arabia Petræa. (Arabia is by some divided into two parts only; viz. Yaman and Ḥijāz: others make of it five divisions; namely, Yaman, Tihāma, Najd, Aﻌrūẓ and Ḥijāz. Ḥijāz is the chain of mountains extending from Yaman to Syria; and has this name from intervening between Najd and Tihāma). 2. Name of one of the three principal Persian modes of musick (the other two being اسفـﮩ‍ان isfahān and عراق iﻌrāḳ).

حوض ḥauẓ A (from حاض) s. m. A reservoir, a cistern, pond, the bason of a fountain, a tank, vat.

حميٰ hummạ̄ A s. A fever. حماي ربعي ḥummā- i-ribʼīﻌ, A quartan ague.

حرص ḥirṣ A s. f. Desiring eagerly, greediness, avidity, covetousness, avarice, ambition. حرص کرنا ḥirṣ karnā, To covet.

حاجب ḥājib A (from حجب q. v.) s. m. 1. A porter, a door-keeper, a chamberlain. 2. A curtain, a skreen. 3. The eyebrow.

حکايات ḥikāyāt A s. plur. of حکايت q. v.

حقه ḥuḳḳa A s. m. A casket or little box, a sort

حجاب ḥijāb A (from حجب) s. m. 1. Modesty, bashfulness, shame, concealment. 2. A veil, a curtain. 3. Night. حجاب اٿهنا ḥijāb uṭhnā, v. n. 1. To be lost (the sense of shame). 2. To be removed (a skreen). حجاب چشمي ḥijāb- chashm-ī, Sheepʼs-eyed. حجاب کرنا ḥijāb karnā, 1. To cover, hide, conceal. 2. To shame. حجاب کهانا ḥijāb khānā, To blush.

حواري ḥawārī A (from حار Heb. and Ch. ) s. m. 1. Having a white skin. 2. A washerman, a fuller. 3. A friend, a companion. 4. An apostle, a disciple or apostle (of Jesus Christ), a friend, associate, companion (of Muhammad).

حشمت ḥashmat A s. f. 1. State, dignity. 2. Equipage, retinue, train, parade.