زنانه zanāna P 1. adj. Female, feminine, effe- minate, womanly. 2. s. m. Female apartments, a seraglio.

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

زار zār P 1. s. m. Desire, wish. 2. A groan, la- mentation. 3. adj. Afflicted, groaning, lamenting. زار زار zār-zār, Great lamentation. زارنالي zār-nālī, Lamentation. زارو نزار zār-o-nizār, Emaciated. 4. (in compos.) It implies place, multitude; as, گلزار gul-zār, s. m. A garden of roses.

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

زميدار zamīdār P corrupt. of زميندار zamīn-dār, q. v. Landlord, &c.

زاويه zāviya A (Heb. from زوي Heb. or To verge, to tend towards any point, q. d. the point towards which two lines mutually tend) s. m. An angle (in geometry), a corner, retired place, &c. (Plur. زوايا).

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

زيست zīst P (from زيستن) s. f. Life, living. زيست کرنا zīst karnā, To live.

زاري zār-ī P s. f. Crying, sighing, groaning, la- mentation, supplication, crying for help.

زيباٴي zebā-ī P s. f. Beauty, gracefulness.