زعم zaﻌm A or zuﻌm, s. m. 1. Thinking, opinion, presuming, presumption, speaking from belief. 2. Vanity, arrogance, assurance.

زخمي zaḵẖm-ī P adj. Wounded; slain.

زکاة zakāt A (from زکا) s. f. Alms, a portion of a Musalmānʼs property given in charity agreeably to the rules laid down in the ḳurʼān.

زمردين zumurrud-īn P adj. Of the colour of an emerald.

زود zūd P adv. Quick, swift, soon, suddenly. زود رنج zūd-ranj, adj. Irascible, soon irritated.

زنا zinā A (from Heb. To fornicate) s. f. Adultery, fornication. زنا زاده zinā-zāda, A bastard. زنا کار zinā-kār, s. m. An adulterer, a fornicator. زنا کاري zinākār-ī, s. f. Fornica- tion, adultery, harlotry.

زيان ziyān P s. m. Hurt, harm, injury, mischief, detriment, damage, deficiency, loss. زيان کار ziyān-ḳār, adj. Doing mischief, mischievous, hurtful, injurious. زيان کاري ziyān-kār-ī, s. f. The doing mischief, the occasioning of loss or damage, hurtfulness, mischievousness. زيان کرنا ziyān karnā, To cause the harm, hurt, injury, damage, &c. (of), to injure, &c.

زلزله zalzala A (from زلزل) s. m. An earthquake.

زنجلبي zan-jalab-ī P s. f. Cuckoldom.

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.