زنانه zanāna P 1. adj. Female, feminine, effe- minate, womanly. 2. s. m. Female apartments, a seraglio.

زال zāl P 1. adj. Old, decrepit, grey-haired (man or woman). 2. n. prop. (or زال زر) The name of the father of Rustam, and son of Sām, son of Narīmān. He was called زال زر (zāl-i-zar) because he came into the world with white hair, and a red countenance; the former like that of an old man, the latter of golden hue.

زمـہرير zamharīr A (from زمـہر The eye being red with anger) s. m. Cold, intense cold.

زکاة zakāt A (from زکا) s. f. Alms, a portion of a Musalmānʼs property given in charity agreeably to the rules laid down in the ḳurʼān.

زعم zaﻌm A or zuﻌm, s. m. 1. Thinking, opinion, presuming, presumption, speaking from belief. 2. Vanity, arrogance, assurance.

زلال zulāl A (from زلّ) adj. Pure, limpid, whole- some (water); s. m. Water of that quality.

زيان ziyān P s. m. Hurt, harm, injury, mischief, detriment, damage, deficiency, loss. زيان کار ziyān-ḳār, adj. Doing mischief, mischievous, hurtful, injurious. زيان کاري ziyān-kār-ī, s. f. The doing mischief, the occasioning of loss or damage, hurtfulness, mischievousness. زيان کرنا ziyān karnā, To cause the harm, hurt, injury, damage, &c. (of), to injure, &c.

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

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

زدن zadan P verbal n. Striking, to strike.