(o. ha.) : [evvelce bu harfe “dal zesi” ve “dâl-ı mu’ceme” de denilirdi] , (bkz. : zel.).

is. ar. “ ذ zel” harfinin ism-i Arabîsidir. noktalı olması münâsebetiyle zâl-i mu‘ceme dahi denilir.

اَلذَّالُ [ez-zâl] Hurûf-ı hecâdan harf-i ma’rûfedir; musaggarında ذُوَيْلَةٌ [zuveylet] denir.

vulg. zel The eleventh letter of the Turkish and Persian alphabets, and the math of the Arabian letters. Its phonetic value in Turkish is z; in Arabic its common value is d, but its correct Arabic pronunciation is th as in the. Its numerical value is 700. To distinguish it from the letter د . this letter is called ذال معحمە and ذال تخذ It does not join to the next following letter.The ذ is one of the letters which are reduplicated in pronunciation when preceded by the Arabic definite article.In dates of letters and documents, ذ is used as the abbreviation of the month ذی الحجە .The letter ذ is used, correctly, in Arabic words alone.Conventionally, this letter is used in a certain number of Persian words, deemed to have been Arabicized and to be correct, as پذیر etc.; but no correctly written Turkish word can contain the letter.

vulg. zeI. s. The letter ذ, called also ذال ثخذ (the letter ذ, of the word ثخذ), and ذال معجمە .

a. & prop. n. 1. Old, decrepit, white-haired. 2. An old hag. 3. Zal, the father of Rustem.

s. 1. The wild lotus-tree, zizyphus lotus. 2. A species of arbutus, arbutus andrachne.