زينـہ‍ار zīnhār P 1. s. m. Care, caution, protec- tion, defence, patronage. 2. interj. Take care, beware. adv. By no means.

زهار zihār P s. m. 1. A bladder. 2. The lower part of the belly. 3. Mons veneris. موي زهار mū-e-zihār, s. m. Pubes, pecten.

زهره zuhra A s. f. Venus (the planet). زهره رو zuhra-rū, adj. (Like) Venus in countenance.

زنگبار zang-bār P s. Black ink: name of a country.

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

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

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-

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

زيربريان zer-biryān P s. m. Name of a kind of dish.

زيل zīl P. s. f. See زير zīr, The treble, &c.