jāīsā I. a similar: मैं

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.

jāg·tā part. a (a) wakeful; ~ आदमी or चौकीदार -- person या watchman; जागती नारी -- woman; जागते रहना keep awake, beware ! (b) animate: ~ जादू -- magic; जागती कला -- art.

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]

jāhil a (a) boorish, uncivil. (b) illiterate [आदमी man, औरत woman]. [syn. उजड्ड]

zamānat·dār mc bailor, surety: मैं उसका ~ था I was a -- for him. [syn. ज़मानती, प्रतिभू]

zāy·kedār a delicious, tasty [स्वादी, स्वादिष्ठ are more common].

jāmun mc jambo (fruit and tree).

jalūs mc procession [धार्मिक religious, राजनीतिक political]; विद्या- र्थियों (महिलाओं, स्काउटों) का ~ -- of students (ladies, scouts); ~ निकालना to take out a --; किसी का ~ निकालना to take smb out in a --.

jāgrat a wakeful [अवस्था state, देश country, व्यक्‍ित person].