زيرک zīrak P adj. Ingenious, intelligent, sa- gacious, penetrating, acute, shrewd.

زحل zuḥal A s. m. The planet Saturn.

زکام zukām A (from زکم) s. m. Rheum, defluxion, catarrh, a cold.

زايد zāʼịd A (part. act. of زيد) adj. Redundant, superfluous, exceeding.

زعاف zuʼāﻌf A (from زعف) s. m. Sudden death (by poison).

زشت zisht P adj. Deformed, ugly, inhuman, hideous. زشت خو zisht-ḵẖū, Of ugly habits or disposition. زشت رو zisht-rū, adj. Ugly.

زنبورک zambūrak P s. f. A small gun or swivel, usually carried on a camel.

زوال zawāl A (from زول) s. m. Decline, wane, de- clination, cessation; misery, wretchedness, set- ting of the sun. زوال پذير zawāl-paẕīr, adj. Transitory, fading.

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.

زميندار zamīn-dār P (زمين Ground, and part. act. of داشتن To have, to hold) A landlord, a land- holder, a farmer. P. H. زميندارني zamīn-dār-nī, s. f. The wife of a landholder or farmer.