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

زهي zihī P or zahī or zahe, interj. How good! how admirable! excellent! bravo!

زرباف zar-bāf P (زر Gold, and part. of بافتن To weave) s. Brocade, gold-tissue.

زنجيري zanjīr-ī P adj. Chained, in chains; mad, a prisoner.

زمام zamām A (prop. zimām, from زمّ Heb. and Ch. To bind, to rein) s. f. m. A rein, a bridle.

زريح zarīḥ A s. f. A railing or lattice-work sur- rounding a temple or tomb.

زعفراني zaﻌfarān-ī A 1. adj. Of saffron, saffron- coloured, yellow. 2. s. f. A yellow colour.

زبري zabar-ī P s. f. Violence, oppression.

زواجر zawājir A plur. (of زجر or زاجرة) Prohi- bition, forbidden things. زواجرشرعي zawājir- i-shar-īﻌ, Prohibited by law.

زرنيخ zarnīḵẖ P (or زرنه zarna or زرني zarnī) s. m. Arsenick, orpiment. (Perhaps inverted from arsenikon).