jātihīn a casteless, classless: ~ समाज -- society.

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

josh mu (a) zeal, enthusiasm: वह ~ से काम करता रहा he worked with --; (b) excitement: चुनाव के दिनों में बड़ा ~ था there was great -- during the elections; ~ में आना to be excited; अपनी टीम को देखकर लड़के ~ में आ गये the boys got excited on seeing their team; ~ दिलाना to excite; मुझे ~ मत दिलाओ don't excite me; △ ~ मारना to be agitated, to be in passion. [syn. उमंग; a जोशीला]

jal-thal mu water and land, sea and earth: मैंने उसे ~ में ढूँढ़ा I searched for Him in--. △ ~ (एक) होना to be submerged under water.

janma mc (a) birth: मेरा ~ १९०७ में हुआ my -- took place in 1907, I was born in 1907; वह ~ से ही ऐसा है he is like this from his very --; वह ~ से चीनी थी she was a Chinese by --; ~ देना to give birth: माँ ने लड़के को ~ दिया the mother gave -- to a son; ~ लेना to take birth, to be born; कृष्ण ने भारत में ~ लिया Krishna took birth (was born) in India; नये विचारों ने ~ लिया है new idea have originated. [attributive in] ~ -तिथि, ~ -दिन, ~ - नाम, ~ -भूमि, etc. q. v. (b) life: ~ भर वह दुःख भोगता रहा he suffered all his --; ~ भर क़ैद -- imprisonment; ~ बिगाड़ना to spoil one's --. [syn. (a) पैदाइश, (b) जीवन, जिंदगी; ant. मृत्यु, मरण]

jīvī suff. [makes adjs. and nouns meaning 'one living by'] बुद्धिजीवी intellectual; शस्त्रजीवी warrior: श्रमजीवी labourer.

zor-zulm mu oppression: पर ~ करना/ढ़ाना to oppress.

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.

jit·nā I. rel. pron and a as much: ~ चाहो ले लो take as much as you like; ~ धन उतनी चिन्ता as much money, so much care. II. adv as: वह ~ धनी है उतना मैं नहीं हूँ I am not so rich as he is; वह जितना ऊपर जाता है उतनी ठंडक बढ़ती जाती है the higher he goes, the cooler it is. [also see उतना a correlative of जितना; pl. जितने, जितनी have different meaning]

² jvār fc (a) flood tide: समुद्र की ~ -- of the sea; ~ का पानी tidal water; चढ़ती ~ high tide; ~ की ऊँचाई height of the --; (b) (fig.) tide: सुख की ~ -- of happiness. [ant. भाटा]