ضخامت ẓaḵẖāmat A s. f. Thickness, bigness.

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).

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

ضارب ẓārib A part. act. (of ضرب) Beating, bruising, striking, stamping, coining.

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

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.

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.

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

ضبطي ẓabt̤-ī A. 1. s. f. Confiscation, sequestration. 2. adj. Confiscated.

ضامن ẓāmin A (part. act. of ضمن) s. m. A surety, a sponsor, security, bail, bondsman.