jvālā fc blaze; अग्नि की ~ -- of fire. [syn. लपट]

jar·nāīl mc general: मेरे ससुर सेना में ~ थे my father-in-law was a -- in the army. [syn. सेनापति]

jaṅghā fc = जाँघ q. v.

janma-bhũmī f [usually sing.] mother land, native land: भारत हमारी ~ है India is our --; ~ की सेवा के लिए for the service of one's --. [syn. मातृभुमि]

jarma mc germ; बीमारी के ~ --s of a disease; हवा में ~ हैं there are --s in the air. [syn. कीड़े, जीवाणु]

jal·yātrā fc voyage; ~ सुखमय हो wish you a happy --; वे ~ पर चल पड़े they started on a --.

zor-shor mu tempo, gusto: चुनाव का ~ -- of election; ~ से काम करना to work with zest. [syn. जोश, उमंग]

zarūrat fc need, necessity; स़ख़्त ~ dire --; ~ पड़ने पर in case of need; ~ से ज़्यादा more than enough; एक नौकरी की ~ है a servant is wanted; मुझे ~ नहीं है I do not need it. [syn. आवश्यकता q. v.]

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]

jāīse I a. pl. of जैसा q. v. II. adv (a) as: ~ बने (हो) as it may be possible; ~ भी हो as far as possible; जैसे ही as soon as; (b) such as, for example: सब चीज़ें ~ साबुन तेल all articles -- soap oil... III. conj as if: वह ऐसे दौड़ता है जैसे पागल हो he runs -- he were mad. [syn. ज्यों; जैसे, वैसे, ऐसे...जैसे are correlatives]