ضيف ẓaif A adj. Hospitable, convivial. s. m. A stranger, a guest.

ضروري ẓarūrī A adj. Necessary.

ضمير ẓamīr A s. f. 1. The mind, heart, thought, reflection, sense, conscience, conception, idea, comprehension. 2. A personal pronoun.

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).

ضربت ẓarbat A (noun of unity of ضرب) s. f. A blow.

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

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.

ضروريات ẓarūriyāt A (plur. of ضروري) s. f. Ne- cessaries, requisites.

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.

ضيغم ẓaig̠ẖam A part. Biting. s. m. A lion.