ضبط ẓabt̤ A s. m. Government, direction, disci- pline, regulation, check, control, possession. ضبط کرنا ẓabt̤ karnā, To take possession, seize, confiscate, rule over, watch, preserve, restrain, control, check. ضبط هونا ẓabt̤ honā, To be taken possession of, to be seized, &c.

ضمان ẓamān A s. The being surety, suretiship.

ضعيف ẓaʼīﻌf A (from ضعف) adj. Weak, infirm, impotent, emaciated, feeble, faint, frail, old. ضعيف البنيان ẓaʼīﻌfu-l-bunyān, Frail of founda- tion. ضعيف الجثه ẓaʼīﻌfu-l-jus̤s̤a, Low in flesh, weak or emaciated in body.

ضدي ẓidd-ī A. adj. Perverse, contrary.

ضيا ẓiyā A s. f. Light, splendour, brilliancy, resplendence.

ض ẓad called ضاد معجمه and ضاد منقوطه the fif- teenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in Persian, nor is there any corresponding letter in Sanskrit. In Persia and Hindū- stān its pronunciation is hardly distinguished from that of ز; but, in Arabia it is a mixed sound of d, th, and w, only to be acquired from natives of that country. In the notation of numbers by the Arabic letters, it stands for 800. It is one of the radical letters. The د of Per- sian words, when they are introduced into Ara- bic, is often changed into this letter, as ضحاک for ده آک See under ح. When three of these letters meet together, as in تقضّض the darting of a hawk upon his prey, the last is changed into ي, as تقضي. And in verbs of the measure افتعال the servile ت after this letter is changed to ط or to ض as اضطراب or اضّراب from ضرب.

ضلال ẓallāl A adj. superl. (from ضل) Erring ex- tremely.

ضابط ẓābit̤ A (part. act. of ضبط) s. m. A gover- nour, master, possessor, restrainer. ضابط الکلّ ẓābit̤u-l-kull, Omnipotent (God), lord of all.

ضيف ẓaif A adj. Hospitable, convivial. s. m. A stranger, a guest.

ضميمه ẓamīma A s. m. Addition, thing incorpo- rated, incorporation.