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

زبان zabān P or zubān, s. f. 1. The tongue. 2. Language, dialect, speech. 3. Flame (of a candle, &c.). زبان آور zabān-āwar, Eloquent, fluent, voluble. زبان آوري zabān-āwar-ī, s. f. Eloquence, fluency, volubility of tongue. زبان بڙهانا zabān baṛhānā, To chatter, to prattle. زبان پرچڙهنا zabān par chaṛhnā, 1. To be pub-

زبور zabūr A (from زبر To write) s. f. The psalms of David.

زمن zaman A s. m. Time.

زنگي zang-ī P s. m. Ethiop, negro, moor.

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

زبون zabūn P adj. Bad, ill, evil, faulty, unlucky, wicked.

زنبوره ẕambūra P s. m. 1. A hornet, large bee. 2. The point of a musical stringed instrument called in Hindī کنگري. 3. A small gun. زنبورچي zambūr-chī, A fusileer.

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.

زنجير zanjīr P s. f. A chain.