janma mc (a) birth: मेरा ~ १९०७ में हुआ my -- took place in 1907, I was born in 1907; वह ~ से ही ऐसा है he is like this from his very --; वह ~ से चीनी थी she was a Chinese by --; ~ देना to give birth: माँ ने लड़के को ~ दिया the mother gave -- to a son; ~ लेना to take birth, to be born; कृष्ण ने भारत में ~ लिया Krishna took birth (was born) in India; नये विचारों ने ~ लिया है new idea have originated. [attributive in] ~ -तिथि, ~ -दिन, ~ - नाम, ~ -भूमि, etc. q. v. (b) life: ~ भर वह दुःख भोगता रहा he suffered all his --; ~ भर क़ैद -- imprisonment; ~ बिगाड़ना to spoil one's --. [syn. (a) पैदाइश, (b) जीवन, जिंदगी; ant. मृत्यु, मरण]

zapta a = जब्त.

jāp mc = जप q. v.

zilādhīsh mc and fc district magistrate; Deputy Commissioner [in some states].

jāsūsī I. a detective [एजंट agent, उपन्यास novel, कहानी story]. II. fu espionage, intelligence work, spying; ~ करना to spy.

juārī mc gambler, gamester; हारा ~ defeated --; जुआरियों का अड्डा gamblers' den; पुलिस ने चार ~ पकड़े the police apprehended four --s.

jogī mc ascetic [योगी is standard]; ~ की-सी फेरी like an --'s visit, a short visit.

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.

janeū mc sacred thread: हिन्दु ~ पहनते हैं Hindus put on --; ~ डालना to put on a --.

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