¹ jag mu world: इस ~ में in this ~ ; ~ -जीवन God, the life of the Universe; ~ -बीती others' tale [as opposed to आपबीती q. v.]; -- हँसाई public ridicule. [see जगत् which is more common, syn. संसार, दुनिया]

jahã adv where: जहाँ चाहो जाओ go where you like; यह वही जगह है जहाँ हम मिले थे this is the place where we had met. ~ कहीं wherever: ~ कहीं वे गये लोगों ने उनका स्वागत किया -- he went people welcomed him. ~ का तहाँ at the same place as before: वह ~ का तहाँ खेल रहा है he is playing at the place where he was before; ये चीज़ें ~ की तहाँ रख दो put these things as they were. ~ -जहाँ wheresoever: ~ -जहाँ हम गये -- we went ... ~ तक as far as: ~ तक हो सके as far as possible; ~ तक मेरा सवाल है as far as I am concerned. ~ तहाँ here

janma-patrī fc horoscope: ~ से भाग्य बताना to tell smb's fortune by the --; ~ बनाना to cast a --.

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

jit·nā I. rel. pron and a as much: ~ चाहो ले लो take as much as you like; ~ धन उतनी चिन्ता as much money, so much care. II. adv as: वह ~ धनी है उतना मैं नहीं हूँ I am not so rich as he is; वह जितना ऊपर जाता है उतनी ठंडक बढ़ती जाती है the higher he goes, the cooler it is. [also see उतना a correlative of जितना; pl. जितने, जितनी have different meaning]

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

julāī fu July. [see अगस्त]

= जाति-पाँति q. v.

jald-bāz a and mc hasty/ impetuous (person): ~ पीछे पछताते है --s repent afterwards.

jāūh·rī mc (a) jeweller: यह सोना or पत्थर किसी ~ को दिखाओ show this gold या stone to some --; (b) (fig.) connoisseur: कला का ~ -- of art.