حقنه ḥuḳna A (from حقن) s. m. A syringe, a squirt, a clyster-pipe, a clyster.

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

حمام ḥammām A (from حمّ Heb. To become warm) s. m. A hot bath, bagnio. ¶ ḥamām, s. A pigeon.

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.

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

حبه ḥabba A s. m. 1. One berry, one grain, one seed. 2. A particle, a part. 3. A measure equal to two barley-corns.

حرم ḥaram A 1. adj. (Heb. ) Sacred, for- bidden. 2. s. m. The temple of Mecca, a sanctuary. 3. s. f. A concubine. 4. A daugh- ter, womenʼs apartments, a seraglio, a harem.

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).

حمق ḥumḳ A or ḥumuḳ, s. m. Foolishness, folly, stupidity, inadvertency.

حيا ḥayā A (from حيّ) s. f. Modesty, shame. حيا دار ḥayā-dār, adj. Modest. حياکشته ḥayā- kushta, Overwhelmed with modesty, being very modest.