(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. 1060) hēn̐tāla a tree akin to the palm. হেঁতালের লাঠি a stick made of the timber of the aforesaid tree. 53)

(p. 1046) habacandra an utterly stupid king of folk tales. হবচন্দ্র রাজার গবচন্দ্র মন্ত্রী a king and his minister, both utterly stupid; (fig.) a stupid person and his equally stupid counsellor. 19)

(p. 1050) hāti2 the elephant; (fig.) a very corpulent or hefty or bulky or gigantic person. হাতি পোষা v. to keep an elephant; (fig.) to employ or keep somebody who entails tremendous expenditure for the employer or keeper. হাতির খোরাক an elephant's feed; (fig.) an enormous feed. হাতির দাঁত a tusk. হাতির শুঁড় a trunk. 60)

(p. 1046) hantadanta extremely hurried and anxious, in a nervous hurry or flurry; fussy. 13)

(p. 1050) hāmalānō to low loudly for the calf (as by the cow). 86)

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

(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. 1050) hān̐ḍ়iẏā an inferior liquor distilled from fermented rice, rice-beer. 27)

(p. 1060) hēnā a very sweet-scented flower or its plant, the henna. 64)

(p. 1050) hā2 indicating: acquiescence, affirmation, confirmation, presence, response etc., yes. 11)

(p. 1056) hiraṇa gold. ̃বরণ a. golden coloured. 49)

(p. 1056) hiranmaẏa made of gold; golden-coloured; golden. 50)

(p. 1047) haraghaḍ়i every hour; always; often, every now and then. 10)

(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)