jan-hit mc public interest: ~ में in --; ~ के लिए सुधार reforms in public interest.

joshīlā a (a) ardent, zealous [कर्मचारी employee, जवान soldier]; (b) spirited, vigorous ~ भाषण -- speech; जोशीली कार्रवाई -- action.

gyã̄n·vān a learned, well-informed [ब्राह्मण Brahmin, गुरु preceptor].

jānī I. fu sweatheart; मेरी ~ my darling ! II. a beloved; ~ दोस्त -- friend; ~-दुश्मन sworn enemy.

zimmevārī fu responsibility = ज़िम्मेदारी q. v.

jān kãrī 1. knowledge: मुझे इस मुहल्ले की ~ नहीं है I have no -- about this locality; उसे इस विषय की गहरी ~ हो गई he/she acquired a deep -- of this subject. 2. information [आम general, उपयोगी useful, सही-सही accurate]; हमें और ~ मिली we acquired more --; हमारी ~ में ऐसा नहीं था according to our -- it was not so; (की) ~ कराना/देना to bring to one's knowledge, to acquaint smb about, to give information. [syn. ज्ञान, v जानना]

jo I. rel. pron that, which, what: ~ पत्र मैंने लिखा था the letter which I had written; ~ आदमी आया था the man who came; यह वही आदमी है जो उधर रहता हैं he is the same man who/that lives there; उसका घर ~ पिछले साल बना था his/her house which/that was built last year; ~ होना था सो हो गया what is done is done; [जो is not omitted as in Eng. -- this is the first experience I had यह पहला अनुभव है जो मुझे प्राप्त हुआ] ~ कुछ whatever: ~ कुछ आप कहते हैं सच है whatever you say is true; जो कोई whichever, whoever: ~ कोई सेब पसंद आए ले लो take whichever apple you like; ~ कोई आया बैठ गया whoever came, sat down; ~ भी हो at any rate; ~ हो सो हो come what may. II. conj (a) if: ~ मैं ऐसा जानती if I had known that; (b) as, that: मैं ऐसा मूर्ख नहीं जो तुम पर विश्‍वास करूँ I am not so much of fool that I trust you.

³ jī mu heart, mind [although दिल and हृदय mean heart, and जी and मन mean mind, yet there is confusion in Indian terms which all overlap]. ~ खोलकर with an open heart, without any restraint; ~ धड़कता है the heart palpitates; मेरे ~ में आया it came to my mind; ~ बहलाना to divert the mind. △ किसी पर ~ आना to fall in love with smb; (से) ~ उकताना/ उचटना to be fed up with, to be weary of; मेरा ~ उदास है I feel sad; मेरा ~ करता है I desire, I long; से ~ खट्टा होना to be disgusted with; ~ ख़राब होना to feel sick; उसका ~ घबराने लगा he/she began feeling uneasy/perturbed; यहाँ हमारा ~ घुटता है we feel suffo cated here; काम से ~ चुराना to shirk work; किसी का ~ चुराना to cast spell on smb; अपना ~ छोटा मत करो don't lose heart; इससे मेरा ~ जलने लगा I felt grieved/hurt at this; किसी का ~ मत जलाओ don't hurt or grieve anybody; वह ~ जान से लगा रहता है he works whole- heartedly; ~ टूट गया the heart was broken/frustrated; ~ पर खेलना to risk one's life; ~ पानी हो गया the heart was moved to compassion; ~ पिघलता है the heart melts (is moved to pity); किसी का ~ बढ़ाना to encourage smb; ~ बहलाना to amuse oneself; ~ बहलाने के लिए for recreation; मेरा ~ बैठा जाता है I feel dejected; उसका ~ भर आया his/her heart was moved/ touched; ~ भरकर खाना (खेलना, नाचना) to eat (play, dance) to one's heart's content; ~ मतलाना to feel nausea, to feel like vomiting; ~ मारना to mortify one's desires; मेरे ~ में आया it occurred in my mind (to me); ~ में घर करना to find a place in one's heart, to impress someone; ~ में ~ आना to have a sigh of relief, to be comforted; ~ में रखना to keep to oneself; किसी का ~ रखना to comfort/appease smb; मेरा यहाँ ~ नहीं लगता I do not feel at home here; उसका ~ ललचाया he felt allured; ~ से उतर जाना to fall in esteem; ~ हलका होना to be relieved of worry, to feel soothed; ~ हारना to lose spirits, to feel frustrated. [for more idioms see दिल, कलेजा, मन]

jāmunī a mauve: ~ रंग -- colour.

jag-hãsāī fu popular ridicule, public mockery, open calumny; ~ कराना to expose oneself to --; उसकी ~ हुई he was ridiculed in public.