ظني z̤ann-ī A adj. Supposed.

ظﮩير z̤ahīr A (from ظﮩر) s. m. 1. An assistant, associate, ally. 2. A poetical name of a Per- sian poet. ع

ظليل z̤alīl A (from ظلّ) adj. Shady.

ظاهر z̤āhir A (part. act. of ظﮩر Heb. To shine, to appear) adj. Apparent, evident, open, mani- fest. s. m. The outside, the external, appear- ance. ظاهر پرست z̤āhir-parast, adj. Minding the outside or external; a superficial observer. ظاهر دار z̤āhir-dār, adj. Specious, plausible, showy. ظاهر کرنا z̤āhir karnā, To publish, show, disclose, discover, reveal, exhibit, mani- fest, explain, tell, pretend. ظاهر مين z̤āhir meṅ, Openly, apparently, in publick. ظاهر نما z̤āhir- numā, adj. Specious, plausible. ظاهر هونا z̤āhir- honā, v. n. To become publick or manifest, to be revealed, to be disclosed, to appear; the re- velation.

ظاهرًا z̤āhir-aṉ A or z̤āhir-ā, adv. Outwardly, openly, apparently, publickly, manifestly, evi- dently, plainly, seemingly.

ظﮩ‍ار z̤ihār A s. m. A formula of repudiation, or saying what is tantamount to, and has the effect of regular divorce; as, "You are my mo- ther," or, "I sucked the same breast as you." A penance is requisite to do away the effect of such a speech.

ظلم z̤ulm A s. m. Oppression, injustice, tyranny, injury. ظلم رسيده z̤ulm-rasīda, adj. Oppressed. ظلم پيشه z̤ulm-pesha, or ظلم شعار z̤ulm-shiʼāﻌr, or ظلم کيش z̤ulm-kesh, adj. Tyrannical; tyrant, oppressor. ظلم کرنا z̤ulm karnā, To oppress, tyrannise. ظلم گدازي z̤ulm-gudāz-ī, s. f. Dis- solving of oppresion, the putting an end to in- justice.

ظلميت z̤ulmī-yat A s. f. Oppression.

ظالم z̤ālim A (part. act. of ظلم) 1. s. m. A tyrant, an oppressor. 2. adj. Tyrannical, unjust. 3. (met.) Applied to a beloved person or mistress. ظالم گداز z̤ālim-gudāz, A destroyer of the tyran- nical.

ظلام z̤alām A s. m. Darkness. ¶ z̤allām (adj. superl.) A great oppressor; very tyrannical.