زَنِيم

zaniymN * , applied to a goat, [and app. to a sheep also,] Having [ two wattles, such as are termed ] zanamataAni [of which see the sing., zanamapN ]; as also ↓ muzan~amN . (TA.) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ muzan~amN , (tropical:) One adopted among a people to whom he does not belong, (Fr in explanation of the former word as used in the Kur lxviii. 13, and S and K,) to which some add, (TA,) not being needed; as though he were a zanamap among them: (S, TA:) and i. q. daEiY~N [as meaning likewise one who is adopted among a people or by a person (though understood in some other sense by F)]; (Mbr, Mgh, Msb, TA;) conjoined [with them or him]: thus the former was expl. by I 'Ab as used in the Kur ubi suprà: (Mbr, TA:) but Az says that the latter word has only the meaning assigned to it above, voce zanimN as an epithet applied to a camel. (TA.) And the former word, (tropical:) Base, ignoble, or mean; known by his baseness, ignobleness, or meanness, (S, K, TA,) or his evil character, (K, TA,) like as the $aAp [i. e. sheep or goat ] is known by its zanamap : (S, TA: [in the latter of which is added, “ because the cutting of the ear is a mark: ” but by its znmp is here meant “ its wattle; ” for the cutting of the ear of the camel is a mark of generous race:]) thus expl. by 'Ikrimeh as used in the Kur ubi suprà. (S.) And (assumed tropical:) The son of an adulteress or a fornicatress. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A commissioned agent, a factor, or a deputy. (TA.) ― -b4- AlA^abad~u Alz~aniymu The lion. (M and K in art. bd , q. v.)