(p. 1056) hāsa a laugh; a smile. 11)

(p. 1049) halya cultivable, arable. fem. হল্য n. cultivated land. 3)

(p. 1060) hunḍi a bill of exchange; a bank-draft; a note of hand. হুন্ডি টাকা, হুন্ডি দেওয়া v. to issue a bill of exchange. হুন্ডি ভাঙানো v. to cash a bill of exchange. ̃গ্রাহক n. a drawer. ̃প্রেরক n. a drawee. 23)

(p. 1050) hātiśun̐ḍ় artichoke. 63)

(p. 1056) hālakā not heavy, light (হালকা ধাতু = light metal); of short weight; easily digested (হালকা খাবার = light meal); easy; mild; gently blowing (হালকা হাওয়া); unimportant, negligible, frivolous (হালকা ব্যাপার); airy (হালকা কথা); carefree (হালকা মন); light (in all the foregoing senses). হালকা করা v. to lighten; to reduce the amount of (কাজ হালকা করা); to disburden, to relieve (মন হালকা করা). হালকাভাবে গ্রহণ করা to take or treat lightly. 2)

(p. 1056) hāsā to laugh; to smile; (fig.) to be illuminated, to brighten up (চন্দ্রলোকে নগরী হাসছে); to taunt, to ridicule, to deride (লোক হাসছে). হাসানো v. to make one laugh or smile; to cause to ridicule or deride; to be an object or butt of ridicule or derision (লোক হাসানো). হাসাহাসি করা v. to laugh over; to ridicule or deride; to continue to laugh; to upset the calmness of; to laugh together derisively. হেসে উড়ানো, হেসে উড়িয়ে দেওয়া v. to laugh away, to laugh, to scorn. হেসে খেলে adv. in an easy manner, in a happy-go-lucky manner; playfully. হেসে হেসে adv. smilingly. 14)

(p. 1047) hala3 a plough. ̃কর্ষণ করা, ̃চালনা করা v. to plough, to till (land). ̃চালক n. a ploughman, a tiller (of land), one who drives the plough. ̃ধর, ̃ভৃত্ same as হলী। ̃ভৃতি n. agriculture, cultivation. 34)

(p. 1060) hōmāgni, hōmānala a sacrificial fire. 97)

(p. 1050) hān̐ci a sneeze. 20)

(p. 1060) hēraphēra alteration or modification esp. to a slight degree; (slight) difference; (accts.) manipulation (as in a balance sheet). হেরফের করা v. to alter or modify or differentiate (esp. slightly); (accts.) to manipulate. 72)

(p. 1050) hājata, hājatakhānā a guardroom for under-trial prisoners; a (police) lock-up; police custody. 41)

(p. 1047) harmya a large and beautiful building, an edifice, a mansion, a palace. ̃তল n. the floor of any room of a mansion or palace. ̃রাজি (for.) n. pl. large and grand mansions, palatial buildings. 29)

(p. 1047) hartā one who carries off or robs or steals or abducts or removes or allays or destroys or kills. fem. হর্ত্রী । ̃কর্তা n. a destroyer and builder; a killer and creator; (fig.) an absolute ruler, a dictator. ̃কর্তাবিধাতা n. a destroyer, a killer and maintainer; a killer, creator and preserver; (fig.) an absolute ruler, a dictator. 28)

(p. 1056) hālāla holy or permissible according to Mohammedan scriptures. n. the system of killing a beast by cutting its clavicle, as prescribed by Mohammedan scriptures. 4)

(p. 1047) hala2 the main room in a great house, a hall. Also হলঘর । 33)