زمستاني zamistān-ī P adj. Of winter, wintry.

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.

زاج zāj A s. m. Copperas, vitriol. زاج سفيد zāj-i-sufaid, s. m. Alum.

زنجير zanjīr P s. f. A chain.

زيج zīj A s. m. Astronomical tables, a masonʼs rule.

زحمت zaḥmat A (from زحم To press, as in a crowd) s. f. Disquietude, pain, affliction, sickness, trouble.

زير zīr P s. f. A fine soft sound, the smallest string of a lute, &c., the treble (in musick). P. S̱. زيرا (or زيره Sans. जीर or जीरक) zīrā, s. m. Cumin-seed. (Cuminum cyminum).

زبانه zabāna P s. m. Flame (particularly, of a candle).

زغن zag̠ẖan P s. f. A kite.

زنجلبي zan-jalab-ī P s. f. Cuckoldom.