زک zak A. or zik (from زکّ To totter in walking from weakness) s. f. Injuring, deceiving, disap- pointing. زک اٿهانا zak uṭhānā, To be ashamed. زک دينا zak denā, To put to shame.

زنگ zang P s. m. 1. Rust. 2. A small bell. 3. The country of Zang-bār in Africa. زنگ لگنا zang lagnā, To become rusty. زنگ آلود zang- ālūd, adj. Rusty, covered with rust.

زندگي zinda-gī P s. f. Life, living.

زمـہريري zamharīr-ī A adj. Intensely cold.

زيرک zīrak P adj. Ingenious, intelligent, sa- gacious, penetrating, acute, shrewd.

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.

زنجف zinjif P or zinjaf, s. f. Fringe, border, edging, &c.

زاني zānī P (part. act. of زنا Heb. To commit adultery) s. m. An adulterer, a whoremonger.

زغن zag̠ẖan P s. f. A kite.

زنبور zambūr A (Chald. Heb. from To lead, to speak; so named, perhaps, from following its leader; or, from its humming noise) s. m. f. 1. A hornet. 2. A bee. (Plur. زنابير). See, also, h. زمبور zambūr.