ضماير ẓamāʼịr A s. plur. of ضمير ẓamīr, q. v.

ضمن ẓimn A s. m. 1. The cover of a letter. 2. The contents, any thing comprehended, contained or inserted, subject, an idea, conception. 3. Suretiship, an obligation. 4. Aid, favour.

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).

ضخامت ẓaḵẖāmat A s. f. Thickness, bigness.

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

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

ضحا ẓuḥā A (from ضحو To be exposed to the sun. Heb. To be white or shining) s. m. Break- fast-time, that part of the day, about half-way between sunrise and meridian (i. e. the brightest part of the day). عيد الضحا īﻌdu-ẓ-ẓuḥā, s. f. Name of a festival celebrated on the 10th of ẕī-ḥijja, when an animal is sacrificed in com- memoration of Abrahamʼs sacrifice of his son Ismaʼīﻌl, according to the Musalmāns.

ضعف ẓaﻌf A or ẓuﻌf, s. m. Infirmity, weakness, imbecility of mind or body.

ضرر ẓarar A s. m. 1. Injury, damage, detriment, loss, ruin. 2. Affliction, anguish.

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