زندگي zinda-gī P s. f. Life, living.

زلل zalal A s. m. 1. Erring, blundering. 2. Stumbling, falling. 3. Deficiency, loss.

زال zāl P 1. adj. Old, decrepit, grey-haired (man or woman). 2. n. prop. (or زال زر) The name of the father of Rustam, and son of Sām, son of Narīmān. He was called زال زر (zāl-i-zar) because he came into the world with white hair, and a red countenance; the former like that of an old man, the latter of golden hue.

زبري zabar-ī P s. f. Violence, oppression.

زيد zaid A s. m. 1. Increasing, adding, aug- mentation. 2. n. prop. A fictitious name (as John Nokes, or Thomas Stiles, in English).

زميندار zamīn-dār P (زمين Ground, and part. act. of داشتن To have, to hold) A landlord, a land- holder, a farmer. P. H. زميندارني zamīn-dār-nī, s. f. The wife of a landholder or farmer.

زيادت ziyādat A f. (from زيد) 1. s. Augmen- tation, increase, addi- tion, surplus, excess. 2. adj. More, additional, too many, too much, excessive. زياده سر zi- yāda-sar, adj. Conceited, too vain of self. زياده سري ziyāda-sar-ī, s. f. Self-conceit, the having too high an opinion of self. زياده طلب ziyāda- t̤alab, Extortioner. زياده طلبي ziyāda-t̤alab-ī, s. f. Seeking more or too much, ambition, covetuousness, extortion, imposition. زياده کرنا ziyāda karnā, 1. To augment, to increase. 2. (met.) To take away the dinner and tablecloth. زياده هونا ziyāda honā, To exceed, to surpass.

زمان zamān A (Heb. from زمن Heb. To define, to determine, to appoint) s. m. 1. Time, an age. 2. The world. 3. Fortune. 4. The heavens. 5. Tense. (Plur. ازمنه). زمانه ساز zamāna-sāz, Turncoat, time- server, temporizer. زمانه سازي zamāna-sāz-ī, Turning with the tide, timeserving, yielding to fortune. زمانه سازي کرنا zamāna-sāz-ī karnā, To turn with the tide, to temporize. زمانه موافق zamāna-muwāfiḳ, Fortunate.

زنبور zambūr A (Chald. Heb. from To lead, to speak; so named, perhaps, from following its leader; or, from its humming noise) s. m. f. 1. A hornet. 2. A bee. (Plur. زنابير). See, also, h. زمبور zambūr.

زکوات zakawāt A s. plur. (of زکاة) Alms.