زهد zuhd A s. m. Continence, devotion, absti- nence. زهد کيش zuhd-kesh, adj. Devout, continent.

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.

زراعت zirāʼaﻌt A (from زرع Heb. To scatter seed, to sow) s. f. Agriculture, husbandry, sowing, sown field, sown land, crop.

زنده zinda P adj. Alive, living.

زاد zād A s. m. Food, provisions. زاد راه zād- i-rāh or زاد راحله zād-i-rāḥila, s. m. Way- charges, provisions for travelling.

زمزم zamzam A s. m. The name of a well at Mecca, called also Hagarʼs well.

زاري zār-ī P s. f. Crying, sighing, groaning, la- mentation, supplication, crying for help.

زاده zāda P m. part. pass. (from زادن) used in compos. Born; (sub- stantively) A son, a child; as, آدمي زاد ādmī-zād, A man, born of man; پري زاد parī-zād, Born of an angel or fairy, a beautiful woman; شـﮩزاده shah-zāda, A prince; شـﮩزادي shah-zādī, A princess. زاد بوم zād- būm, Native land, native place.

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

زجاج zujāj A s. m. A glass.