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भारतवाणी
bharatavani  
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Knowledge through Indian Languages
Bharatavani

A Dictionary : Part-1 (Hindustani and English)

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ز
Ze,
NA
called zā,e mu'jama or zā,e manḳūṭa, the eleventh letter of the Arabic, the thirteenth Persian, and sixteenth in the Hindūstānī alphabets : its sound is that of the English z. In reckoning by abjad it stands for seven. In almanacks it stands for Saturday, and for the sign Scorpion. in Persian poetry it is used with the vowel i for az, zi baski for az baski, inasmuch as. This letter does not occur in the Sanskrit alphabet : hence, in Indian dialects of Sanskrit origin, such as the Hindī and Bengalī, it is generally changed into j, as roj for roz, a day. jīn for zīn, a saddle. a. p. h.

زا
zā,
NA
(in comp.) born, descended, as mīr-zā, born of a noble, a mirza. P. [alum. A.

زاج
zāj,
m.
copperas, vitriol. Zāji sufaid, m.

زاد
Zād,
m.
increase ; food, provisions. Zādi rāh or zādi rāḥila, m. way charges, provisions. A.

زاد زادہ رادﻱ
Zād, Zāda, Zādī,
m. m. f.
born (a sonn, a child) ; used in comp. as ādmī-zād, a man, one born of the human race. Parī-zād, born of a parī or fairy, a beautiful woman shah-zāda, a prince. Shah-zādī, a princess. P.

زادن
Zādan (for zā,īdan),
NA
to bring forth young. P.

زار
Zār,
m.
desire, wish ; a groan, lamentation ; afflicted. Zār-zār or zār-nālī, great grief or lamentation. Zār-o nizār, emaciated (through grief). P.

زار
Zār,
NA
(in comp.) implies place, multitude, as gul-zār, m. a garden of roses. P.

زارﻱ
Zārī,
f.
crying, sighing, groaning, lamentation, weeping. P.

زاغ
Zāgh,
m.
a crow. Zāghi-ābī, a coot. P.


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