زلو zalū P s. f. A leech. P. A. زله zalla, s. m. Victuals carried home by the guests from an entertainment.

زمـہرير zamharīr A (from زمـہر The eye being red with anger) s. m. Cold, intense cold.

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

زرين zar-rīṅ P (from زر) adj. Golden. زرين مرغ zarrīṅ murg̠ẖ, s. m. 1. The name of a bird. 2. (met.) The sun.

زلف zulf P s. f. A curling lock, a ringlet, whisker. زلف پريشان zulf-i-pareshān, Dishevelled locks. زلف تابدار zulf-i-tāb-dār, Curling locks. زلف دراز zulf-i-darāz, Long locks. زلف عنبرين zulf- i-aﻌmbarīn, Perfumed (with ambergris) locks.

زهر zahr P s. m. Poison. زهرآلود zahr-ālūd, adj. Poisoned. زهردار zahr-dār, adj. Poisonous. زهرقاتل zahr-i-ḳātil, Deadly poison. زهرهلاهل zahr-i-halāhal (comp. of زهر and هلاهل or Sans. हलाहल Mortal venom) s. m. Deadly poison. زهرکهاناکسي پر zahr khānā kisī par, To imitate an act unsuitable to oneʼs state or condition, to ape. زهرمارکرنا zahr-i-mār karnā, To do a

زحمتي zaḥmat-ī A adj. Afflicted, sick.

زيد zaid A s. m. 1. Increasing, adding, aug- mentation. 2. n. prop. A fictitious name (as John Nokes, or Thomas Stiles, in English).

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.

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