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

ضيافت ẓiyāfat A s. f. 1. A feast, a banquet, convivial entertainment. 2. Hospitality. 3. In- vitation. ضيافت کرنا ẓiyāfat karnā, To enter- tain, to feast, treat.

ضعيفي ẓaʼīﻌf-ī A. s. f. Weakness, emaciation.

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.

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).

ضرورت ẓarūrat A s. f. 1. Force, violence, com- pulsion, constraint. 2. Want, indigence, ne- cessity, exigence. ضرورتًا ẓarūrataṉ, or ضرورتا ẓarūratā, adv. Necessarily, of or by necessity.

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.

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.

ضيا ẓiyā A s. f. Light, splendour, brilliancy, resplendence.

ضمنا ẓimnaṉ A adv. Comprehensively, by impli- cation, tacitly, by the by, by the way.