julāī fu July. [see अगस्त]

jokhimī a hazardous, risky [काम job, जगह place. व्यापार trade].

jigyã̄sā fu/c curiosity: मेरी एक ~ है I have a -- to know; उसकी सब जिज्ञासाएँ पूरी हुईं all his curiosities were satisfied; ~ करना to ask.

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]

zilā mc district [छोटा small, बड़ा big]; ~ -अधिकारी/अफ़सर -- officer; ~ कचहरी -- court; ~ जज -- judge; ~ परिषद्/बोर्ड -- board; ~ मजिस्ट्रेट -- magistrate; उत्तर प्रदेश में 63 ज़िले हैं there are 63 districts in Uttar Pradesh.

jīvan-maraṇ mu life and death: यह ~ का प्रश्न है it is a question of --. [syn. ज़िंदगी और मौत]

jāg·rūk·tā fu wakefulness,

¹ zar·dā mu [also ~ पुलाव] a sweet dish of rice, zarda.

jāp mc = जप q. v.

jam·nā vi (a) to congeal, to freeze; ख़ून or पानी जम गया blood या water froze (was frozen); जमा हुआ दही congealed curd; बर्फ़ ~ to freeze into ice; नदी जम गई थी the river was frozen over. (b) to be solidified (become hard): काँफ़ी का पाउडर जम गया coffee powder has solidified [become hard]. (c) to be fixed: आँख उस पर जमी थी the eye was fixed on it. (d) to settle: तह (धूल, पपड़ी, मैल) जम जाती है layer (dust, crust, dirt) settles. (e) to be established: रोजगार जम गया business was established. (f) to