jībh fc tongue (organ) [चपटी flat, लंबी long, मैली dirty/coated, लाल red]; ~ की नोक tip of the --; ~ का अगला हिस्सा front part of the --; ~ दिखाओ show your --; ~ कट गई the -- was bitten. △ ~ चलाना to go on talking; किसी की ~ निकालना to pull out one's tongue, to inflict heavy punishment; ~ खोलना/हिलाना to talk. ~ चाटना to long for smth tasty; किसी की ~ पकड़ना to silence smb. [syn. ज़बान, जिह्वा]

zaḵẖīrebāzī fu hoarding: आवश्यक वस्तुओं की ~ -- of essential articles; ~ के विरुध्द उपाय करना to take measures against --. [syn. जमाख़ोरी]

² jeṭh mc husband's elder brother. [fem. जेठानी]

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]

jal·vānā vt [caus. of जलाना] to get burnt; दुश्मन ने मेरा भर जलवा दिया the enemy got my house burnt.

jã̄gh fc thigh: ~ की हड्डी bone of the --; किसी की ~ तोड़ना to break one's --; △ ~ तले करना to subdue.

jajī fu (a) judgeship; office/ post of a judge: वह ~ की परीक्षा दे रहा है he is taking the examination for --; ~ पाना to get --. (b) judge's court: हमारा मामला ~ में चल रहा है our case is pending in the --. ~ करना to function/work as a judge.

zāy·kā mc taste, relish. [syn. स्वाद q. v. is more common]

jag-hãsāī fu popular ridicule, public mockery, open calumny; ~ कराना to expose oneself to --; उसकी ~ हुई he was ridiculed in public.

jūṭhan fu leavings (of food etc.): ~ छोड़ना to leave eatables partially taken; ~ खाना to eat --. [a जुठा]