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

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

زنجيري zanjīr-ī P adj. Chained, in chains; mad, a prisoner.

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.

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.

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

زناني zanān-ī P adj. Of the women, of the seraglio.

زخار zaḵẖḵẖār A adj. (superl. from زخر It abound- ed) Overflowing, raging (the sea).

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

زرق zarḳ A s. m. 1. Turning the eyes. 2. (in Pers.) Hypocrisy, fraud. 3. Detraction. زرق برق zarḳ-barḳ, s. m. Glare, glitter, show, splen- did cloths, splendour.