زیر

zer [az, q.v.+er = Pehl. er = Zend adhairi, fr. adhara = S. अधर], adv. Under, below, beneath;—adj. Inferior, lower;—s.m. The Persian term for the short vowelِ i (so called because it is placed under a letter; the A. syn. is kasra):—zer-andāz, s.m. The cloth, or carpet, which is spread under a ḥuqqa:—zer-bār, adj. Embarrassed, overburdened with expense, borne down with oppression;—zer-bār karnā, v.t. To embarrass, to put to great expense, to run (one) into debt:—zer-bār honā, To be overburdened with expense, to incur great expense, to be embarrassed, to be thrown into debt:—zer-bārī, s.f. Burdens, expenses; state of embarrassment; wretchedness:—zer-bārīuṭhānā= zer-bār honā, q.v.:—zer-biryān, s.m. A kind of dish:—zer-band, s.m. Martingal; girth;—whip, lash:—zer-band mārnā(-ko), To whip, lash, scourge, flog:—zer-pā`ī, s.f. A slipper:—zer-ḥukūmat, s.f. Jurisdiction:—zer-dast, adj. & s.m. Under subjection or command; subdued, vanquished;—one who is under subjection, etc.; a subordinate; a vassal, a subject; (at cards) the player on one's right:—zer-dast honā(-kā), To be under subjection (to), etc.:—zer-ě-rān, adj. 'Under the thigh,' under control, subject; ridden (an animal):—zer-karnā, v.t. To bring under, to overpower, conquer, subdue, overthrow, defeat, baffle:—zer-ě-lab, zer-lab, adj. & adv. Under the lip, slightly uttered, inarticulate, mumbled; in an under-tone, in a whisper, softly; inarticulately:—zer-ě-labī, adj.=zer-ě-lab:—zermashq, s.f. Leather or paper, etc. used as a pad for writing upon:—zer-ě-nagīn, adj. 'Under the signet,' under the authority (of, -ke), subject (to), submissive:—zer-o-zabar, and zer-o-bālā, adj. Topsy-turvy, higgledy-piggledy, turned upside down, overturned, ruined.