حصين ḥaṣīn A (from حصن) adj. Fortified, strong.

حضور ḥuẓūr A (from حضر) s. m. Presence, appear- ance, attendance, court, government. حضورطلب ḥuẓūr-t̤alab, Being called to the presence, summoning attendance.

حراست ḥirāsat A (from حرس) s. f. Care, watching, guarding. حراست کرنا ḥirāsat karnā, To take care of, to govern, to guard.

حر ḥurr A (Heb. and Chald. ) adj. Free, well born, genteelly born. ¶ ḥarr, s. Heat, ardour.

حيف ḥaif A 1. interj. Ah! alas! 2. s. m. Ini- quity, oppression, a pity.

حق ḥaḳḳ A (Heb. To describe, engrave, de- cree) 1. adj. Just, right, true. 2. s. m. The deity. 3. The truth. 4. Justice, rectitude. 5. Right, due, just claim, lot, portion. 6. Equity. (Plur. حقوق ḥuḳūḳ, Rights, duties, laws, just

حدت ḥiddat A s. f. 1. The edge of a sword. 2. Keenness, acuteness, acrimony, passion, ve- hemence, impetuosity, poignancy, virulence.

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.

حقا ḥaḳḳā A adv. Really, truly, by God.

حرفه ḥirfa A s. m. 1. Trade, art, profession, craft. 2. Skill, inge- nuity, cleverness, cunning. 3. (dakh.) See مکر makr.