jāmun mc jambo (fruit and tree).

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]

jan-saṅkhyā fu population; नागरिक ~ urban --; देश की कुल ~ total -- of the country; ~ के आँकड़े statistics of --. [syn. आबादी]

jal·sā mc 1. meeting = बैठक q. v. 2. function = उत्सव q. v.

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]

zālim I. a tyrannical [बाप father, दुश्मन enemy, बादशाह king]. II. mc tyrant: ज़ालिमों के फंदे में in the clutches of --s. [syn. अत्याचारी]

jag·nā vi (a) to wake up, to be awake: वह जग गई है she has woken up. [= जागना which is more common]. (b) to kindle: दीये जग उठे lamps kindled up. [= जलना which is more common]. [vt जगाना, n. जाग]

jīvit a (a) living [प्राणी beings, भाषा language]; (b) predicative] living, alive: कुत्ता अभी ~ है the dog is still --; जब तक मैं ~ हूँ so long as I am -- (I live); (c) live [कारतूस cartridge, तार wire]. [syn. ज़िंदा q. v.]

judāī fu parting, separation; मित्रों की ~ -- of friends; ~ होना to be separated; उनकी एक दुसरे से ~ हो गई they were separated from one another.

jāl·sāz mc forgerer: सिक्के बनाते हुए जालसाज़ों का एक गिरोह पकड़ा गया a gang of --s was caught minting coins. [syn. जालिया]