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.

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.

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

زرق zarḳ A s. m. 1. Turning the eyes. 2. (in Pers.) Hypocrisy, fraud. 3. Detraction. زرق برق zarḳ-barḳ, s. m. Glare, glitter, show, splen- did cloths, splendour.

زمانه zamāna 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.

زنگار zangār P s. m. Verdigrise, rust.

زاهد zāhid A (part. act. of زهد) 1. s. m. A monk, a hermit, a recluse, a zealot. زاهدا zāhid-ā, O zealot! 2. adj. Religious, devout. (Pers. plur. زاهدان zāhidān). A. P. زاهدي zāhid-ī, s. f. The life of a recluse, devotion.

زمزم zamzam A s. m. The name of a well at Mecca, called also Hagarʼs well.

زمين zamīn P s. f. The earth, ground, soil, land, floor, a region, country, the ground of a picture. زمين کاهونا zamīn kā honā (dakh. i. q. لاچارهونا) To be helpless or destitute (?). زمين بوس zamīn-bos honā, To make a profound bow. زمين پرسي کچهہ پڙاپانا zamīn par se kuchh paṛā pānā, To be overjoyed at finding unexpectedly the object of oneʼs wishes. زمين پکڙني zamīn pakaṛnī, To persevere obstinately in any de- sign, to insist. زمين گير zamīn-gīr, adj. Op- pressed or broken down by age or time, paralytick. زمين مين گڙجانا zamīn meṅ gaṛ jānā, To be greatly ashamed.

زباني zabān-ī P 1. s. f. From the tongue, by the mouth, language. 2. adj. Traditional, oral, verbal, by word, of or by or from the tongue.