زنداني zindān-ī P adj. Imprisoned, prisoner.

زراعت zirāʼaﻌt A (from زرع Heb. To scatter seed, to sow) s. f. Agriculture, husbandry, sowing, sown field, sown land, crop.

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

زدني zadan-ī P (from زدن To strike) adj. Fit or deserving to be stricken, killed, &c.

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-

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

زردشت zardusht P n. prop. Zoroaster, founder of the ancient religion of Persia.

زيبنده zebanda P part. pres. (of زيبيدن) Adorning, ornamenting, adorned.

زين zain A s. Ornament, adorning.

زاده zāda 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.