zabān fc (a) tongue = जीभ q. v. (b) language = भाषा q. v. [some usages and idioms with ~ are more popular] △ किसी की ~ काटना to interrupt some one's speech; ~ का मीठा honey-tongued; ~ को लगाम देना to hold one's tongue; ~ खोलना to speak out; उसकी ~ चलती है he speaks glibly, he goes on talking; ~ चलाना to talk much, to wag one's tongue; ~ देना to give one's word, to promise; ~ पर (मैं) ताला लगना to become speechless; ~ पर चढ़ना to come frequently to the tongue; ~ पर लाना to mention; ~ पलटना to go back on one's word; ~ बंद होना to be tongue- tied; (की) ~ बंद करना to silence, to render speechless; ~ सँभालो hold your tongue; ~ से निकालना to utter; ~ हारना to commit oneself, to give one's word; ~ हिलाना to speak out. [These usages with जीभ have only literary meaning, not idiomatic]

zamānā mc 1. time, period, day: ग़ुलामी के ज़माने में in the times/ days of slavery; मेंरे जमाने में ऐसा नही था it was not so in my day/time; मुग़लों का ~ the Mughal period/ times; एक ~ बीत गया an age has passed. 2. world: सारा ~ जानता है the whole -- knows. △ ~ देखना to acquire wide experience; ~ पलटना/बदलना to turn the tide. [syn. युग]

nasīb mu fortune, luck = क़िस्मत, भाग्य q. v. △ ~ खुलता (पलटना, लड़ता) है fortune smiles (takes a good turn, favours); ~ टेढ़ा या सीधा होता है fortune frowns or smiles; ~ जागता है या सो जाता है one

pannā 1. mc leaf (of a book): पन्‍ने पलटना/उलटना to turn over leaves; पुस्तक के कितने पन्‍ने हैं how many leaves does the book have ? 2. mu emerald: अँगूठी में ~ जड़ा है an -- is set in the ring. [dim. पन्‍नी]

palaṭ·nā I. vi to turn back: वह अपनी पात से पलट गया he turned back on his word. II. vt 1. to overturn, to over- throw: त़ख़्ता/राज्य/सरकार ~ -- government. 2. to reverse: अपनी राय पलट देना -- one's opinion. 3. to turn over: -पन्‍ना पलटिए turn over the page. [also उलटना-पलटना, syn. उलटना]

pal·ṭā mc turn: ~ खाना/लेना to turn upside down. [v. पलटना]

bāt fc (a) word, utterance [कड़ी harsh, मीठी sweet] △ ~ का धनी true to one's word; ~ पलटना to go back on one's word; ~ काटना to interrupt one's --; ~ चबा जाना to swallow one's word; ~ पकड़ना to take a -- too literally; किसी की ~ पर जाना to go by one's words; -- बदलना = ~ पलटना; ~ मानना to comply with one' --; ~ रखना honour one's words; ~ हारना to lose one's --. (b) talk: [रोचक interesting, लंबी long]; किसी से ~ करना to talk to smb, to have a -- with smb; बातें बंद करो stop talking; मेरी उनसे ~ हुई I had a -- with him/her; ~ चलाना/छोड़ना initiate a --, to start a subject; बातों में लगाना to engage in ~. (c) matter (affair): क्या ~ है what is the -- ? कोई ~ नहीं no matter, it does not matter; ~ यहीं पर