ضايع ẓāʼịﻌ A (part. act. of ضيع) adj. Lost, de- stroyed, perished, fruitless, abortive. ضايع کرنا ẓāʼịﻌ ḳarnā, To lose, to destroy, to consume.

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

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).

ضبطي ẓabt̤-ī A. 1. s. f. Confiscation, sequestration. 2. adj. Confiscated.

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.

ضرر ẓarar A s. m. 1. Injury, damage, detriment, loss, ruin. 2. Affliction, anguish.

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.

ضرور ẓarūr A (from ضرّ) adj. Necessary, expedient, unavoidable; sub. The necessary.

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

ضروري ẓarūrī A adj. Necessary.