زمین

zamīn [Zend zemaênya, fr. zem; see zamī], s.f. The earth; soil,land, ground; floor; foundation, ground-work; the ground of a picture; region, country:—zamīn-āsmān-kāfarq, 'As wide asunder as heaven and earth'; a very great difference:—zamīn-bos honā, v.n. To kiss the ground, to prostrate oneself; to make a profound bow, to make obeisance:—zamīn-parse kućh paṛāpānā, To obtain a thing without exertion or labour; to find or obtain a thing unexpectedly; to be overjoyed at finding unexpectedly the object of one's wishes:—zamīn pakaṛnā, To be rooted to a spot; to stick to a place; to persevere obstinately in a design, to stick (to a thing), to insist:—zamīn-dār, s.m. See s.v.:—zamīn-doz, adj. Level with the ground;—subterranean:—zamīn-qand, s.m. A kind of sweet potato:—zamīn-kāpaiwand honā, v.n. 'To become a patch or piece of the earth,' to mingle with the dust, to die:—zamīn-kāgaz, s.m. (colloq.), A great traveller:—zamīn-kīgardan, s.f. 'A neck of land,' an isthmus (syn. ḵẖāk-nā`e; ḍamru-madh):—zamīn-gīr, adj. & s.m. Falling to the ground; taking to the ground; hanging down to the ground, bent low; bowed; oppressed or broken down by age or time; paralytic;—one who is bowed or bent double, a paralytic:—zamīn-meṅsamānā, 'To fit, or to be put, into the ground,' to be buried:—zamīn-meṅgaṛ-jānā, lit. 'To be buried in the earth'; to sink into the earth with shame, to be greatly ashamed:—zamīn-naz̤ar-gherā, s.f. The sensible horizon.