janma-tithi fc/u date of birth; आपकी ~ date of your birth; ~ का प्रमाण-पत्र certificate of date

jamāḵẖor m & a hoarder; ~ समाजविरोधी तत्त्व है़ं --s are anti- social elements. [syn. ज़खीरेबाज़]

jo I. rel. pron that, which, what: ~ पत्र मैंने लिखा था the letter which I had written; ~ आदमी आया था the man who came; यह वही आदमी है जो उधर रहता हैं he is the same man who/that lives there; उसका घर ~ पिछले साल बना था his/her house which/that was built last year; ~ होना था सो हो गया what is done is done; [जो is not omitted as in Eng. -- this is the first experience I had यह पहला अनुभव है जो मुझे प्राप्त हुआ] ~ कुछ whatever: ~ कुछ आप कहते हैं सच है whatever you say is true; जो कोई whichever, whoever: ~ कोई सेब पसंद आए ले लो take whichever apple you like; ~ कोई आया बैठ गया whoever came, sat down; ~ भी हो at any rate; ~ हो सो हो come what may. II. conj (a) if: ~ मैं ऐसा जानती if I had known that; (b) as, that: मैं ऐसा मूर्ख नहीं जो तुम पर विश्‍वास करूँ I am not so much of fool that I trust you.

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

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.

jaṭil a intricate, complicated [कथा tale/story, कार्य job, प्रश्न question, समस्या problem].

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;

jyoti fc light, lustre: दीपक or बिजली की ~ light of a lamp या electricity: आँखों की ~ vision, lustre of the eyes; ज्ञान की ~ light of knowledge; ~-शिखा flame. [syn. प्रकाश, रोशनी]

jāg·rūk·tā fu wakefulness,

jīvan-saṅgharṣa mu/c struggle for existence; कई जीव ~ करते-करते मर जाते हैं several creatures go on struggling for existence and then die.