زير zer P 1. adv. Under, below. 2. adj. In- feriour, lower. 3. s. The vowel point called by the Arabians کسره marked thus (ِ) and sounded like the Italian i. زيرانداز zer-andāz, s. m. The cloth, or carpet, which is spread under a ḥuḳḳa. زيربارهونا zer bār honā, To be in- debted, to undergo a great expense. زيربند zer-band, s. m. A martingal. زيردست zer- dast, 1. s. m. A subject, a vassal. 2. adj. Powerless, under command, subdued, van- quished. زيرران zer-i-rān, adj. Subject, under control, (any animal) ridden on. زيرکرنا zer- karnā, To overpower, to subdue. زيرلب zer- i-lab, Under the lip, inarticulate, mumbling. زيرلب کـہنا zer lab kahnā, To speak softly and inarticulately, to mumble, mutter. زيرلبي zer-i-lab-ī, adj. Inarticulate, slightly uttered (a word, &c.). زيرنگين zer-i-nagīn, adj. Sub- missive, subject. زيروزبر zer-o-zabar, adj. Topsyturvy, inverted, overturned, ruined.

زمستان zamistān P (زم Cold, and استان Place) s. m. 1. Winter. 2. Wisdom.

زبانه zabāna P s. m. Flame (particularly, of a candle).

زاني zānī P (part. act. of زنا Heb. To commit adultery) s. m. An adulterer, a whoremonger.

زيتون zaitūn A (Heb. ) s. m. An olive.

زميدار zamīdār P corrupt. of زميندار zamīn-dār, q. v. Landlord, &c.

زنجبيل zanjabīl A s. f. Dry ginger. (Sans. शृंगवेर comp. of शृंग A horn, and वेर A body; q. d. Shaped like a horn).

زخود رفته zi-ḵẖụd-rafta P adj. See ازخود رفته az ḵẖụd rafta, under از az.

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

زمينداري zamīn-dār-ī P s. f. A landed estate, a fief.