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

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.

زردشت zardusht P n. prop. Zoroaster, founder of the ancient religion of Persia.

زنبيل zambīl P s. f. 1. A basket. 2. A purse, a wallet. (Adopted in Arab. plur. زنابيل).

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.

زوار zauwār A (adj. superl. from زيارت) s. m. A visitor, visitant.

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.

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-

زينت zīnat A (from زين) s. f. Ornament, beauty, elegance, dress, decoration.

زبد zubd A (from زبد To churn) s. m. 1. The best of any thing. 2. Butter.