zabar·dastī I. fu/c oppression, highhandedness: यह आपकी ~ है it is -- on your part; (से) ~ करना to oppress, to force. II. adv forcibly: किसी पर ~ अपनी राय लादना to thrust one's opinion -- on others.

zāhir a obvious [usu. predicative]: ~ है it is evident/--; इससे ~ होता है it appears from this; ये बातें ~ करती हैं these things show; ~ तौर पर apparently, obviously. [syn. स्पष्ट, प्रकट are more formal]

¹ jān fc 1. life: ~ का जोखिम risk of --; ~ का गाहक one bent on taking other's --; ~ देना to lay one's --; ~ पर खेलना to risk/stake one's --; ~ बचाना to save one's --/skin; ~ से तंग आना to be fed up with --; ~ से हाथ धोना to give up one's --; ~ से मारना, ~ लेना to take smb's life, to kill; दंगे में कई जानें गईं many lives were lost in the riot. △ (को) ~ आना to be revived; ~ खपाना to put in hard labour; ~ खाना to annoy, to pester; से ~ चुराना to shirk from; ~ छुड़ाना to get rid of; उसकी ~ निकल गई he became lifeless; ~ पर आ बनना to be exposed to imminent risk of --; ~ भारी होना to be weary of --; ~ मारना to work hard: ~ में ~ आना to feel relieved;

jal-prapāt mc waterfall: भारत में कई ~ है there are several --s in India.

javāb mc 1. answer, reply = उत्तर q. v. 2. parallel: उस आदमी का कोई ~ नहीं there is none -- to that man.

jiddī a obstinate, obdurate [आदमी man, औरत woman, लड़का boy].

jag·nā vi (a) to wake up, to be awake: वह जग गई है she has woken up. [= जागना which is more common]. (b) to kindle: दीये जग उठे lamps kindled up. [= जलना which is more common]. [vt जगाना, n. जाग]

jal·vānā vt [caus. of जलाना] to get burnt; दुश्मन ने मेरा भर जलवा दिया the enemy got my house burnt.

² juā mc yoke [better जूआ q. v.].

jap·nā vt to mutter, to repeat reverentially: मंत्र ~ to -- mantras; राम नाम ~ to repeat the name of Ram reverentially. [n. जप, जाप]