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]

jal-pān mu (light) refreshment: आप ~ कर लें you have your --; अब ~ करा दें let me/us have -- now. ~ -गृह refreshment room; ~ -गृह में चाय पियेंगे (we) shall take tea in the refreshment room. [syn. नाश्ता]

jaṭā fc (a) tangled/matted hair: साधु की जटाएँ -- of a mendicant. (b) fibre: नारियल की ~ -- of coconut. (c) बरगद की जटाएँ fibrous roots of a banyan tree.

jananā vt to bear, to give birth (to), to produce; बच्चे ~ -- children.

jal·tā a [part. from जलना] burning; ~ कोयला -- coal; जलती आग -- fire.

jāū mc barley; ~ का आटा (दलिया, पानी) -- flour (porridge, water); △ ~ भर भी नहीं not even an iota of an inch.

jan-sādhāraṇ m pl. common people, masses: ~ की इच्छा will of the --; ~ क्या चाहते हैं what do the -- want ?

jībh fc tongue (organ) [चपटी flat, लंबी long, मैली dirty/coated, लाल red]; ~ की नोक tip of the --; ~ का अगला हिस्सा front part of the --; ~ दिखाओ show your --; ~ कट गई the -- was bitten. △ ~ चलाना to go on talking; किसी की ~ निकालना to pull out one's tongue, to inflict heavy punishment; ~ खोलना/हिलाना to talk. ~ चाटना to long for smth tasty; किसी की ~ पकड़ना to silence smb. [syn. ज़बान, जिह्वा]

zamānat·dār mc bailor, surety: मैं उसका ~ था I was a -- for him. [syn. ज़मानती, प्रतिभू]

jelly fu/c jelly: बच्चे ~ और आइस-क्रीम पसंद करते हैं children like -- and ice-cream; ~ जिलेटिन और फलों से बनती है -- is made from gelatine and fruits; ~ जमाना to congeal/thicken into --.