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ḥīla (for A. حیلة ḥīlat, fem., orig. حِوْلَة , inf. n. of حول 'to be altered, to be turned from,' etc.), s.m. Evasion, shift, wile, artifice, artful contrivance or device, machination, trick, plot, stratagem, expedient; pretence, colour; deceit, deception, fraud:—ḥīla-bāz, adj. & s.m. Artful, insidious, wily, tricky, deceitful, fraudulent;—an artful fellow, knave, cheat, impostor:—ḥīlabāzī, s.f. Artfulness, wiliness, artifice, chicane, trick, stratagem:—ḥīla-ḥawāla, s.m. Trickery, chicane, deceit; tergiversation:—ḥīla-ḥawāla karnā, To practise deceit, etc. (=ḥīla karnā):—ḥīla-sāz, adj. & s.m. 'Preparing deceit,' etc. (=ḥīla-bāz, q.v.):—ḥila-sāzī, s.f. 'Preparation of deceit,' etc. (=ḥīla-bāzī, q.v.):—ḥīla karnā, To practise deceit, or evasion, etc.; to pretend, to feign:—ḥīla-gar, adj. & s.m.=ḥīla-bāz, q.v.:—ḥīla-garī, s.f.=ḥīla-bāzī, q.v.:—ḥīla-o-ḥawāla, s.m.=ḥīla-ḥawāla, q.v.
Origin: Persian