janm-sthān m [usually sing.] birth-place: उसका ~ कहाँ है what is his --; उसका ~ भारत (बंगाल, कलकत्ता) है his -- is India (Bengal, Calcutta). [cf. जन्म-भूमि]

joṛ-toṛ mu manoeuvring, machination: शत्रु के विरुध्द ~ -- against

² jālī a (a) counterfeit, forged [दस्तावेज़ document, सिक्का coin]. (b) false: ~ गवाह -- witness.

janma-dātrī fc mother: आवश्यकता आविष्कार की ~ है necessity is the -- of invention.

zevar mc ornament; (pl.) jewellery; भारतीय स्त्रियाँ बहुत ~ पहनती है Indian women wear a lot of ornaments; उसने अँगूठी, कड़े और दुसरे ~ बनवाये she had a ring, bangles and other ornaments/ jewellery made for her. [syn. गहने, आभूषण]

joṛ·dār a jointed [पाइप pipe, हड्डी bone].

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.

jild·bandī fu (a) book-binding = जिल्दसाज़ी q. v. (b) charges for book-binding.

¹ jant·rī fc an instrument for drawing wire; सुनार की ~ goldsmith's --; ~ से तार निकलना to draw wire from this instrument.

zaḵẖ·mī जख़्मी zaḵẖmī a wounded, injured, hurt = घायल q. v.