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

حرز ḥirz A s. m. 1. (Heb. ) An amulet, a charm. 2. A fortification, an asylum, a place of refuge.

حامل ḥāmil A (part. act. of حمل Heb. ) 1. s. m. A carrier, porter, bearer. 2. adj. f. Pregnant (a woman). حامل متن ḥāmil-i-matan, A commentary rehearsing, or annexed to, the text.

حريري ḥarīr-ī A 1. adj. Of silk cloth. 2. s. f. A very thin kind of paper.

حدت ḥiddat A s. f. 1. The edge of a sword. 2. Keenness, acuteness, acrimony, passion, ve- hemence, impetuosity, poignancy, virulence.

حرصي ḥirṣ-ī A adj. Greedy, covetous, ambitious.

حول ḥaul A (Heb. ) 1. Changing, returning. 2. Passing by or over. 3. Detaining. 4. Power, strength. 5. Deceit. 6. A year. ¶ ḥawal, adj. Squinting, blind of an eye.

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

حرارت ḥarārat A (from حرّ Heb. ) s. f. Heat, burning fever, warmth, ardour, fervour, fieriness; zeal. حرارت ديني ḥarārat-i-dīnī, s. f. Fanaticism. حرارت غريزي ḥarārat-i-g̠ẖarīzī, s. f. Natural heat.

حجره ḥujra A (from حجر) s. m. A cell, a closet, a chamber.