ظل z̤ill A (Ch. ) s. m. Shadow. ظل الله z̤illu- l-lāh, or ظل سبحاني z̤ill-i-subʼḥānī, Shadow of God; (met.) A king, an emperour. دام ظله or ظلـﮩم dāma z̤illuhu or z̤illuhum, May his or their prosperity continue!

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

ظلميت z̤ulmī-yat A s. f. Oppression.

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

ظني z̤ann-ī A adj. Supposed.

ظفر z̤afar A s. m. Victory. ظفرآيات z̤afar-āyāt, adj. Victory (in) signs, victorious. ظفر ياب z̤afar-yāb, Victorious, conqueror.

ظ z̤oʼe or in Arabic z̤ā, called ظاٴ معجمه or ظاٴ منقوطو the seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in pure Persian, nor has it any corresponding character in the Sanskrit alphabet. In the notation of numbers by the Arabic let- ters, it stands for 900. It is one of the radical letters; and, when it commences a verbal root, the servile ت in the measure تفعّل or تفاعل or افتعال may be changed into ظ and joined with the radical, in such wise as has been described,

ظليل z̤alīl A (from ظلّ) adj. Shady.

ظﮩور z̤uhūr A s. m. Appearing, arising, manifes- tation, visibility, coming to pass. A.H. ظﮩورنا z̤uhūr-nā, v. n. (dakh.) To become ma- nifest, to appear.

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