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.

ضلل ẓalal A s. m. An errour.

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

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.

ضلال ẓalāl A s. m. Errour, fault, vice, ruin, perdition.

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

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

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

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

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.