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.

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).

ضامني ẓāmin-ī A. s. f. Surety, bail. ضامني قبول کرنا ẓāmin-ī ḳabūl karnā, To admit as bail.

ضرب ẓarb A s. f. 1. A blow, beating. 2. Vio- lence. 3. Multiplication (in arithmetick). 4. Striking, emphasis. 5. Stamping, coining (mo- ney), struck, coined. ضرب دينا ẓarb denā, To coin. ضرب المثل ẓarbu-l-mas̤al or ضرب مثل ẓarb-i-mas̤al, s. f. A proverb. دارالضرب dāru- ẓ-ẓarb, s. f. The mint-office.

ضر ẓarr A (Heb. Strait, adversity, hostility) s. m. Loss, damage, injury, distress.

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.

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

ضال ẓāll A part. act. (of ضلّ) 1. Straying. 2. s. m. A prevaricator.

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