حلاج ḥallāj A (from حلج) s. m. A comber, a carder of cotton.

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.

حشاش بشاش ḥashshāsh-bashshāsh A. adj. Joy- ful.

حيدر ḥaidar A s. m. 1. A lion. 2. A name of Aﻌlī, son in law of Muhammad. حيدري ḥai- dar-ī, s. One of the sect of Aﻌlī.

حفاظت ḥifāz̤at A (from حفظ) s. f. 1. Memory. 2. Custody, guarding, keeping, preservation, care, guardianship, protection. حفاظت کرنا ḥifāz̤at karnā, 1. To preserve, to defend, to be on oneʼs guard. 2. To repeat from memory. 3. To keep in memory.

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

حنجره ḥanjara A vulg. ḥinjara, s. m. The throat.

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).

حريص ḥarīṣ A (from حرص) adj. Covetous, vo- racious, greedy, gluttonous.

حرصاها ḥirṣāhā A. adj. See حريص ḥarīs.