حشم ḥasham A s. m. Train, equipage, suite.

حلوان ḥalwān A s. m. A kid, a lamb.

حرصاها ḥirṣāhā A. adj. See حريص ḥarīs.

حمار ḥimār A (Heb. , from حمر To be hot, to be red; because, says Bochart, asses in the east are of this colour: forsan potius a fervore libidinis in hoc animale. Vide Ezech. xxiii. 20.) s. m. An ass.

حصار ḥiṣār A (from حصر) s. m. An enclosure, a fence, besieging, a fortification, fort, fortress, bulwark, fortified place.

حريف ḥarīf A (from حرف) 1. adj. Clever, cunning. 2. Pleasant, facetious. 3. s. m. A rival, an enemy, adversary, antagonist, oppo- nent. 4. An associate, a partner, a friend. (Pers. plur. حريفان ḥarīfān).

حمال ḥammāl A adj. (superl. from حمل) used substantively, A porter, a carrier of burdens.

حلوا ḥalwā A (from حلو) s. m. A kind of sweet- meat made of flour, ghī and sugar. حلوا سوهن ḥalwā-sohan, s. m. Name of a sweatmeat. حلوا نکالنا ḥalwā nikālnā, To beat severely.

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.

حباب ḥubāb A (or ḥabāb), s. m. A bubble. حباب اٿهنا ḥubāb uṭhnā, To bubble.