ضرورت ẓarūrat A s. f. 1. Force, violence, com- pulsion, constraint. 2. Want, indigence, ne- cessity, exigence. ضرورتًا ẓarūrataṉ, or ضرورتا ẓarūratā, adv. Necessarily, of or by necessity.

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

ضلع ẓilﻌ A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. A side, part. 2. A district, a division. 3. A column (in the page of a book). 4. (in Hindūstān) The art of speaking with double meaning, so that the chain of both senses be uninterrupted through the dis- course. (This is called in Persian and Arabic تلازم کلام).

ضر ẓarr A (Heb. Strait, adversity, hostility) s. m. Loss, damage, injury, distress.

ضايع ẓāʼịﻌ A (part. act. of ضيع) adj. Lost, de- stroyed, perished, fruitless, abortive. ضايع کرنا ẓāʼịﻌ ḳarnā, To lose, to destroy, to consume.

ضروب ẓurūb A s. plur. of ضرب ẓarb, q. v.

ضيق ẓīḳ A (Heb. ) s. m. Anguish, vexation, melancholy, affliction, anxiety, doubt, oppres- sion of spirit, or any thing that tortures the mind, hippishness. ضيق النفس ẓīḳu-n-nafas, s. m. The asthma. ¶ ẓaiḳ or ẓaiyiḳ, adj. Contracted, narrow, straitened. ط

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.

ضلالت ẓalālat A s. f. Errour, fault, vice, ruin, perdition.

ضم ẓamm A (Chald. To contract, to draw together) s. m. 1. Contraction, conjunction, incorporation. 2. The vowel point (ُ) pro- nounced as the Italian short u or as the English u in full.