² jālī a (a) counterfeit, forged [दस्तावेज़ document, सिक्का coin]. (b) false: ~ गवाह -- witness.

jugat fu [colloquial] (a) art, dexterity: ~ से गृहस्थी चलाना to run the house with --; (b) device: मुझे एक ~ सूझी I thought of a --; △ ~ भिड़ाना/लडाना to manipulate. [syn. युक्‍ित is more urbanized]

² jān fu knowledge: मेरी ~ में ऐसा नहीं था to my -- it was not so. [syn. ज्ञान, v जानना]

jyeṣṭha I. a eldest [पुत्र son, भ्राता brother]. II. mu the third month of Vikrami era falling in May-June = जेठ.

jītā part. a 1. [from जीना to live] living, alive; ~ आदमी living person; जीती जाति living nation; वे दोनों जीते हैं both of them are alive; ~ लोहा magnet; जीते जी during life-time; ~ हुआ living, alive; ~ हुआ पाया गया was found --. 2. [from जीतना] conquered, won: ~ हुआ देश conquered country; ~ हुआ इनाम the prize won. [syn. (a) ज़िंदा, जीवित (b) विजित]

jātihīn a casteless, classless: ~ समाज -- society.

jallād mc (a) hangman, executioner: ~ उसे फाँसी के तख़्ते पर ले गये the --s took him to the scaffold. (b) (fig.) cruel/merciless person: तुम तो ~ हो you are a --, indeed.

jasti a (a) zinky, zinc-; ~ चादर zinc-sheet. (b) galvanized [छड़ rod, नल pipe, लोहा iron].

zimmādār, ज़िम्मावार zimmāvār a responsible, answerable [the form ज़िम्मेदार is more popular].

jatānā [जतलाना is getting obsolete] vt [caus. from जानना] (a) to make known, to apprise: किसी को कोई बात जता देना to make smth known to a person, to apprise a person of smth. (b) to caution, to warn, to point out: मैं जता देना चाहता हूँ I want --.