jummā m [Muslim term] Friday; ~ की नमाज़ -- prayers; जुम्मे के जुम्मे on every --; ~ पढ़ना to say -- prayers. [syn. शुक्रवार]

jeb m (f) pocket [ख़ाली empty, भरा हुआ full]; ~ घड़ी -- watch; ~ ख़र्च pocket expenses; ~ कतरना/काटना to pick --; ~ मे़ं हाथ डाले with hand in the --; ~ में कुछ डालना to put smth into the --; ~ से कुछ निकालना to take smth out of one's --; △ ~ ख़ाली होना to have no money; ~ गरम करना to give a bribe. [syn. पाकेट]

jal·senā fc navy, naval force [= नौसेना is now more common].

jap·nā vt to mutter, to repeat reverentially: मंत्र ~ to -- mantras; राम नाम ~ to repeat the name of Ram reverentially. [n. जप, जाप]

² jām mu/c jam: फ़्रूट ~ fruit --; टोस्ट पर ~ लगाना to apply -- on a toast.

jan-samparka mu public relations: ~ अधिकारी -- officer; -- स्थापित करना to set up --.

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]

¹ jī int. Sir, Madam ! ~ (हाँ) yes Sir/Madam ! ~ नहीं no --!

jamāḵẖorī fu hoarding: जमाख़ोरी और मुनाफ़ाख़ोरी का संबंध है -- is connected with profiteering. [syn. ज़खीरेबाज़ी]

jān·dār a (a) living, animate [चीज़ें things, पदार्थ objects]. (b) animated, spirited [आदमी men, लड़कियाँ girls]. (c) lively [कहानी story, दलील argument] [from जान life].