حواشي ḥawāshī A s. plur. (of حاشيه) Skirts, margins, borders.

حشمت ḥashmat A s. f. 1. State, dignity. 2. Equipage, retinue, train, parade.

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).

حصن ḥiṣn A (Heb. The arm, by which a thing is protected) s. m. A castle, fortification. حصن حصين ḥiṣn-i-ḥaṣīn, 1. An impregnable fortress. 2. The title of a book of Musalmān traditions.

حريفي ḥarīf-ī A. s. f. Rivalship, enmity.

حلبي ḥalab-ī A adj. From, or belonging to (حلب) Aleppo.

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

حجب ḥajb A s. m. Interposing, secluding, ex- cluding, fencing round.

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

حيله ḥīla A (Heb. ) s. m. Stratagem, deceit, artifice, pretence, trick, wile. حيله باز ḥīla-bāz or حيله گر ḥīla-gar, adj. Artful, insidious, wily, deceitful. حيله بازي ḥīla-bāz-ī, or حيله گري ḥīla- gar-ī, s. f. Artfulness, stratagem, trick, wiliness. حيله ساز ḥīla-sāz, adj. Preparing deceit, deceit- ful, artful. حيله سازي ḥīla-sāz-ī, s. f. Prepara- tion of deceit, artifice, chicane.