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

حسابي ḥisāb-ī A. 1. adj. Proper, accountable, accurate, correct, just. 2. in compos. s. f. Reckoning, calculation.

حيل ḥiyal A s. plur. (of حيله) Frauds, tricks.

حوالات ḥawālāt A (from حال Heb. ) s. f. Things given in charge, trusts. A. P. حوالدار ḥawāl-dār (حواله and part. act. of داشتن) s. m. A military officer of inferiour rank.

حفل ḥafl A s. m. An assembly, council, congre- gation.

حشر ḥashr A (Heb. ) s. f. 1. A meeting, congregation, concourse. 2. The resurrection. يوم الحشر yaumu-l-ḥashr, Day of resurrection. حشرخرام ḥashr-ḵẖirām, See محشرخرام under محشر maḥshar.

حکمي ḥukm-ī A. adj. Obedient to directions. (Applied to medicine).

حصن ḥiṣn A (Heb. The arm, by which a thing is protected) s. m. A castle, fortification. حصن حصين ḥiṣn-i-ḥaṣīn, 1. An impregnable fortress. 2. The title of a book of Musalmān traditions.

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.

حجب ḥajb A s. m. Interposing, secluding, ex- cluding, fencing round.