حربا ḥirbā A s. m. A chameleon.

حکيمي ḥakīm-ī A. s. f. The practice of medicine.

حامي ḥāmī A (part. act. from حما or حمايت) s. m. A protector, a defender. حامي بهرنا ḥāmī bharnā, To believe, acknowledge, confess, allow, own, consent. Saudā says: نازبرادري کي حامي تب بهرون دل کي کمر دم دلا سادي بندها لون استقامت کي ليي Nāz-bardārī kī ḥāmī tab bharūṅ, dil kī kamar dam-dilāsā de bandhā lūṅ, istiḳāmat ke liye, I will then consent to endure her capricious airs, when by soft persuasion I have fortified my heart for perseverance.

حال ḥāl A (from حال Heb. Turned, passed, changed) s. m. 1. State, condition, case. 2. Business, affair, matter, circumstance. 3. Pre- sent time, the present. 4. Ecstacy. (Plur. احوال aḥwāl). حال آنا ḥāl ānā, To be in- spired, to be thrown into ecstacies. حال انکه ḥāl ānki, adv. Whereas, now that, since, though, yet, however, even, although, notwith- standing. حال پرسي ḥāl-purs-ī, s. f. Inquiring after health, &c. حال توجيه ḥāl-taujīh, Ac- count of current demands. حال حال چلنا ḥāl ḥāl chalnā, To go or walk in haste or quickly. حال بي حال هونا ḥāl be ḥāl honā, to be altered from good to bad, to be disordered. حال سال ḥāl-sāl, This year. حال شکسته ḥāl-shikasta, Ruined, distressed, wretched. حال وقال ḥāl o ḳāl, State.

حاضري ḥāẓir-ī A s. f. 1. Breakfast, desert. 2. Levee, presence, audience, muster-roll. 3. An offering made to a saint. حاضري کهانا ḥāẓirī khānā, To breakfast.

حليم ḥalīm A (from حلم) adj. Mild, affable, cle- ment, unassuming, tractable. 2. A kind of food dressed in the Muḥarram.

حقير ḥaḳīr A (from حقارت) adj. 1. Contemptible. 2. Thin, lean. 3. Vile. حقيرجاننا ḥaḳīr jān- nā, To contemn, to despise. A.P. حقيري ḥaḳīr-ī, s. f. Contemptibleness.

حلبه ḥulba A s. The plant fenugreek. (In Hin- dī ميتهي).

حاضراتي ḥāẓirāt-ī A s. f. Commanding evil spi rits, &c., a conjurer, exorciser.

حرب ḥarb A (Heb. ) s. f. War, battle. حرب گاه ḥarb-gāh, s. f. Field of battle.