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

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

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).

حاد ḥādd A (from حدت which from حدّ Heb. Was sharp or swift) adj. Acrid, sharp, bit- ter, sour, ardent, fiery, poignant, caustick.

حرکات ḥarakāt A s. plur. of حرکت ḥarakat.

حلتيت ḥiltīt A s. Assafœtida.

حامله ḥāmila A (from حمل) adj. f. Pregnant. حامله هونا ḥāmila honā, To conceive, to be preg- nant.

حافظه ḥāfiz̤a A s. m. Memory, the retentive faculty. (Called also قوت حافظه). A. P. حافظي ḥāfiz̤-ī, s. f. Retention of memory, good memory.

حکمتي ḥikmat-ī A. adj. Clever, artful, of wis- dom, philosophical.

حاجي ḥājī A (part. act. from حجّ Heb. He turned round, danced, celebrated a festival; pe- culiarly, performed the pilgrimage to Mecca) s. m. A pilgrim to Mecca. حاجي الحرمين ḥājiyu-l-ḥaramain, A pilgrim to both Mecca and Medīna. (Plur. حجاج).