ه hā called هاي هوز hā-i-hawwaz and هاي مدوره hā-i-mudawwara, the twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic and thirty-first of the Persian alphabet, corresponds to ह in Sanskrit. It is one of the guttural letters, having the sound of the English h. When it occurs at the end of a word, it is either perceptible, which is called هاي ظاهريا جلي يا ملفوظي (hā-i-z̤āhir or -jalī, or -malfūz̤ī), as in بادشاه bādshāh, A king; or imperceptible مختفي يا مکتوبي (-muḵẖtafī or -maktūbī), as in بہانه bahāna, A pretence, به ba, With, &c. where it merely conveys the sound of fatʼḥa. In the formation of the plural with ها the هاي جلي of the singular is preserved;

هاتهہ hāth हस्त S̱. s. m. 1. The hand. 2. A cubit. 3. Possession, power. هاتهہ آنا hāth ānā, To come into oneʼs possession or power, to be gained or obtained. هاتهہ اٿهانا hāth uṭhānā, 1. To leave off, refrain from, desist, abandon, relinquish, resign, cease. 2. To salute by raising the hand to the head. Both these meanings are alluded to in the following example. Muṣ- t̤afạ̄ ḵẖān Yakrang says: هاتهہ اٿها جوراورجفا سي تو يہي گويا سلام هي تيرا Hāth uṭhā jaur aur jafā se tū; yih-ī goyā salām hai terā. Restrain thy hands from vio- lence and injustice; this is thy salutation. 3. To beat. 4. To give alms. هاتهہ اوٿ لينا hāth oṭ lenā, To receive with both hands open and stretched out together. هاتهہ باندهنا hāth-bāndh- nā, To join the hands in a supplicating posture. هاتهہ بڙهانا hāth baṛhānā, 1. To endeavour to get any thing. 2. To gain possession of the property of others. هاتهہ بند هونا hāth band honā, 1. To be much engaged in business, to have no leisure. 2. To be poor or indigent. هاتهہ بهرنا hāth bharnā, To have the hands wearied or fatigued. هاتهہ بيٿهنا hāth baiṭhnā, To acquire perfection in any art by practice. هاتهہ پانوپهول جاني hāth pāṅw phūl jāne (lit. The hands and feet to become swelled) To be distressed or confounded. هاتهہ پانوپهيلانا hāth pāṅw phailānā, To extend oneʼs business or schemes. هاتهہ پانو يا پيومارنا hāth-pāṅw or -pair mārnā, 1. To strive, to endeavour, to strain, toil,

هراس hirās P s. m. Fear, terrour.

هم hamm A (analog. to Heb. and Chald. ) s. m. Grief, care, solicitude, turning a thing anxiously in the mind.

هنجار hanjār P s. m. 1. A straight road, a true method. ناهنجار nā-hanjār, adj. Stray, wicked, unfortunate, rude, unpolite. 2. A masonʼs rule, a plumb-line, a level, &c. A. P. هند hind, s. m. India, an Indian.

هانڐي hānḍī S̱. or hāṅṛī (हंडी) s. f. A pot, a small caldron.

هرن haran S̱. or hiran (हरिण) s. m. A deer or antelope, hart.

هندوانه hinduwāna P or hindwāna, s. m. A water- melon.

هلکان halkān A. (perhaps from هلاک) adj. Con- founded, confused, tired, wearied.

هوچکنا ho-chuknā S̱. v. n. To be finished.