janma mc (a) birth: मेरा ~ १९०७ में हुआ my -- took place in 1907, I was born in 1907; वह ~ से ही ऐसा है he is like this from his very --; वह ~ से चीनी थी she was a Chinese by --; ~ देना to give birth: माँ ने लड़के को ~ दिया the mother gave -- to a son; ~ लेना to take birth, to be born; कृष्ण ने भारत में ~ लिया Krishna took birth (was born) in India; नये विचारों ने ~ लिया है new idea have originated. [attributive in] ~ -तिथि, ~ -दिन, ~ - नाम, ~ -भूमि, etc. q. v. (b) life: ~ भर वह दुःख भोगता रहा he suffered all his --; ~ भर क़ैद -- imprisonment; ~ बिगाड़ना to spoil one's --. [syn. (a) पैदाइश, (b) जीवन, जिंदगी; ant. मृत्यु, मरण]