زرع zarﻌ A s. m. Sowing, seed sown, a sown field.

زکي zakī A (part. from زکا) 1. adj. Pure, pious. 2. Continent. 3. s. m. One who regularly pays the زکاة zakāt, q. v.

زيبق zībaḳ A s. m. Quicksilver.

زاد zād 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.

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.

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.

زانيه zāniya A (part. act. of زنا) s. f. A whore, a strumpet, an adultress.

زنگاري zangār-ī P adj. Rusty, of the colour of rust.

زربفت zar-baft P. (زر Gold, and بفت from بافتن To weave) s. m. Brocade, cloth of gold.

ز ze called زاي معجمه or زاي منقوطه is the eleventh letter of the Arabic, and the thirteenth of the Persian alphabet. It has no corresponding letter in the Sanskrit alphabet; and, ज (j) is