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जान : ¹ jān fc 1. life: ~ का जोखिम risk of --; ~ का गाहक one bent on taking other's --; ~ देना to lay one's --; ~ पर खेलना to risk/stake one's --; ~ बचाना to save one's --/skin; ~ से तंग आना to be fed up with --; ~ से हाथ धोना to give up one's --; ~ से मारना, ~ लेना to take smb's life, to kill; दंगे में कई जानें गईं many lives were lost in the riot. △ (को) ~ आना to be revived; ~ खपाना to put in hard labour; ~ खाना to annoy, to pester; से ~ चुराना to shirk from; ~ छुड़ाना to get rid of; उसकी ~ निकल गई he became lifeless; ~ पर आ बनना to be exposed to imminent risk of --; ~ भारी होना to be weary of --; ~ मारना to work hard: ~ में ~ आना to feel relieved;

jaṅg mc war, battle = युध्द q. v.

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

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]

jap mc [also जाप] reading/muttering of prayers (and counting the beads of a rosary): मैंने इस मंत्र का सौ बार ~ किया I muttered this Mantra a hundred times; ~ करना = जपना q. v.

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

jut·vānā vt [caus. of जोतना] खेत जुतवाया गया had the field ploughed/tilled; घोड़े गाड़ी मे जुत- वाये जाते है़ horses are caused to be yoked to a cart.

javāb-savāl mc [generally pl] questions and answers, cross questioning; ~ करना to cross-question.

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

gyã̄nī mc and a learned/well-informed (person).

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]