حديقه ḥadīḳa A s. m. A garden.

حماقت ḥimāḳat A (more correctly ḥamāḳat, from حمق) s. f. Folly, stupidity.

حرف ḥarf A s. m. 1. A letter of the alphabet. 2. A particle (in grammar). 3. Inverting, changing, turning (as, a coat). 4. A crooked pen. 5. Writing diagonally. 6. A margin, side. 7. A word. 8. The summit of a moun- tain. 9. (in Hind.) Blame, censure, animad- version. (Plur. حرفات ḥarfāt or حروف ḥurūf). حروف هجا يا تـﮩجي ḥurūf-i-hijā or -tahajjī, The letters of the alphabet, an alphabet. حرف آشنا ḥarf-āshnā, Being just able to read, knowing the letters. حرف آنا ḥarf ānā (Heb. In-

حصانت ḥaṣānat A (from حصن) s. f. Firmness, stability, durability, steadiness.

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

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

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.

حلق ḥalḳ A s. m. The windpipe, the throat. حلق پر چهري اچهنا ḥalḳ par chhurī achhnā (dakh. i. q. کاوش هونا) Investigation to be (?).

حوزه ḥauza A (Heb. from حاز Heb. To collect, to accumulate, to possess) s. m. A tract, side, part, middle.

حشاشه ḥushāsha A (from حشّ) s. m. The remains of life, last breathings of a dying man.