همکنا humaknā H v. n. To assault, to stretch forward.

ه हि hi S particle affixed, Very, &c. see هي hī.

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;

هماتم hamātam H m. s. (dakh.) Contest, competition, equality, rivalry: see هم سري ham-sar-ī, under p. هم ham.

هنا hannā हनन S̱. v. a. To kill, to give a blow, to smite.

هتو hit-ū S̱. (from हित) s. m. f. A friend.

هچکا hachkā H s. m. A jolt, shock.

هينتا हीनता hīn-tā S s. f. Abatement, allevia- tion.

هدايا hadāyā A s. plur. (of هديه) Presents.

هتياري hatyārī S̱. (see هتيارا hatyārā) s. f. A murderess, a female murderer.