حکاک ḥakkāk A (adj. superl. of حکّ) s. m. A cutter and polisher of precious stones.

حلال ḥalāl A (from حل) adj. 1. Legal, allow- able, lawful, right. 2. (A woman) laying aside mourning for the death of her husband, at the expiration of 100 days (during which time she is not by law allowed to marry). حلال خور ḥalāl-ḵẖor, s. m. A person of the lowest cast, generally a sweeper, or employed

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

حکي ḥakk-ī A. (from حکّ) s. m. An erasing- knife.

حمامي ḥammām-ī A s. m. A keeper of a bath or an attendant at a bath.

حرصاها ḥirṣāhā A. adj. See حريص ḥarīs.

حنا ḥinnā A s. f. The tree with which the In- dians stain their hands and feet. (Lawsonia inermis). حنا بند ḥinnā-band, Having ḥinnā applied or being adorned with it.

حتيٰ ḥattạ A conj. Until, up to, so that, in such

حقيقي ḥaḳīḳ-ī A adj. Real, true, certain, accu- rate, just, actual, own. حقيقي بهاٴي ḥaḳīḳī bhāʼī, A full brother.

حصول ḥuṣūl A (from حصل) s. m. Acquisition, at- tainment, profit, advantage, produce.