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जब : jab adv when, as, while; जब हम छोटे छोटे थे when we were young; जब मैं चला तो पानी बरसने लगा as I started, it began to rain; जब वे पढ़ रहे थे तभी हम भीतर आ गये we came in while they were reading. ~- कभी whenever: ~ आप आये whenever you come; ~ कभी वह नाचती है whenever she dances. ~ कि while मैं गाता था जब कि वह नाचती थी I sang while she danced. ~ - जब whenever: ~-जब वे आते हैं तब-तब लड़ाई होती है whenever he comes, there is a quarrel. ~ तक as long as: ~ तक मैं न आऊँ so long as I do not come; △ ~ तक साँस तब तक आस as long as there is life there is hope. ~ जब... तब... when... then ...: जब आप आयेंगे तब मैं लौट जाऊँगा when you will come then I shall return. ~ से since (when) ~ से मैंने व़ॢलायत छोड़ा since I left England ... [Also see जभी, कब, कभी]

jan-svāsthya mu public health; ~ के लिए निदेश directions for --; ~ अधिकारी (कार्यालय, विभाग) -- officer (office, department].

jar·man a and m German [ = जर्मन]

jīvan-kāl mu life time पिता के ~ में in the -- of the father.

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

jīrṇa a (a) tattered, worn out; ~ वस्त्र -- clothes. (b) ruined [दुर्ग fort, वाटिका garden]. (c) rotten [पत्र leaf, पुस्तक book]. (d) chronic [ज्वर fever, रोग disease].

jañjāliyā mc mischief-monger, trouble-maker: ऐसे ज़ंजालियों से बचना चाहिए must avoid such --s. [syn. बखेड़िया]

jag·mag a refulgent, shining [तारे stars, मोती pearls, हीरा diamond].

jan mc (a) [limited use] man: जन ~ में in every man. (b) people [especially in compounds], public: ~ -आन्दोलन public agitation; ~ संपर्क public relation; ~ -तंत्र people's government, democracy, etc. [see below; syn. लोक]

jām a jammed: ~ हो गया got --; मशीन ~ हो गई the machine

zor·dār a strong, power