زن zan P 1. s. f. A woman, a wife. زن کرنا يا لينا zan-karnā or -lenā, To marry. زن مريد zan-murīd, adj. Hen-pecked. 2. part. act. (from زدن To beat, to strike) in compos. Beating, striking, beater, striker; as, رهزن rah-zan, A highwayman.

زجاج zujāj A s. m. A glass.

زنگي zang-ī P s. m. Ethiop, negro, moor.

زمـہريري zamharīr-ī A adj. Intensely cold.

زناخا zanāḵẖā H s. (dakh.) 1. i. q. سانپ sāmp, A snake. 2. i. q. بند کفن band-i-kafan, The fastening or band of a shroud (?). G. A. زنار zunnār, s. f. A belt, the brahmanical thread, a Hindū rosary. (From Gr. zwna ion).

زنداني zindān-ī P adj. Imprisoned, prisoner.

زکاوت zakāwat A (from زکا) s. f. Probity, purity, ingenuity.

زلفي zulf-ī P. s. m. 1. A swordknot. 2. The chain by which a door is fastened.

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-

زهد zuhd A s. m. Continence, devotion, absti- nence. زهد کيش zuhd-kesh, adj. Devout, continent.