ضد ẓidd A s. f. The contrary, the opposite, contrariety, opposition. ضد کرنا ẓidd karnā, To persist, persevere, contradict, to spite.

ضاحک ẓāḥik A (part. act. of ضحک Heb. and Ch. and To laugh) 1. Satyrist, mock- er, ridiculer. 2. Name of a poet.

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.

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

ضرور ẓarūr A (from ضرّ) adj. Necessary, expedient, unavoidable; sub. The necessary.

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

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.

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.

ضراب ẓirāb A (from ضرب) 1. s. m. Fighting, fencing, conquering. 2. Coitus. ¶ ẓarrāb, A coiner, a mint-master.

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