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.

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

ضمان ẓamān A s. The being surety, suretiship.

ضماد ẓamād A (prop. ẓimād) s. f. 1. A bandage or fillet for binding the head or a wound. 2. A plaster, an embrocation, cataplasm.

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 ẓalāl A s. m. Errour, fault, vice, ruin, perdition.

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

ضحيٰ ẓuḥạ̄ A s. See ضحا ẓuḥā.

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.

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