ضوا ẓiwā A s. f. Light, splendour, brilliancy, resplendence.

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

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).

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

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

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

ضابط ẓābit̤ A (part. act. of ضبط) s. m. A gover- nour, master, possessor, restrainer. ضابط الکلّ ẓābit̤u-l-kull, Omnipotent (God), lord of all.

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

ضعيف ẓaʼīﻌf A (from ضعف) adj. Weak, infirm, impotent, emaciated, feeble, faint, frail, old. ضعيف البنيان ẓaʼīﻌfu-l-bunyān, Frail of founda- tion. ضعيف الجثه ẓaʼīﻌfu-l-jus̤s̤a, Low in flesh, weak or emaciated in body.

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.