jan-svāsthya mu public health; ~ के लिए निदेश directions for --; ~ अधिकारी (कार्यालय, विभाग) -- officer (office, department].

zor mu (a) [main meaning] strength, power: शरीर का ~ physical --; धन (क़लम, विद्या) का ~ -- of money (pen, learning): (b) रोग (चेचक, नशे) का ~ fury of disease (smallpox, intoxication); किसी बात पर ~ देना to give emphasis on smth; पानी (काम, हवा) का ~ rush of water (work, wind); ~ का बुख़ार high fever; [Phrases] ~ आज़माना to try strength; किसी का ~ चलता है smb has the sway; किसी पर ~ डालना to put pressure on smb, to insist smb; ~ देकर कहना to emphasize; ~ पकड़ना/बाँधना to gain momentum; ज़ोरों पर होना to be in full swing; ~ मारना to make efforts; ~ लगाना to apply force; ज़ोरों से with emphasis; ~ से बोलना to speak loudly; ~ से बरसना to rain heavily; ~ की हँसी loud laughter. [syn. शक्‍ित, बल]

jutāī fu tillage, ploughing [आड़ी cross, उथली shallow, गहरी deep]; इस मौसम की ~ -- for the season. [v जुतना, जोतना]

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

jap mc [also जाप] reading/muttering of prayers (and counting the beads of a rosary): मैंने इस मंत्र का सौ बार ~ किया I muttered this Mantra a hundred times; ~ करना = जपना q. v.

jugālī f (a) rumination: ~ कराना to ruminate, to chew the cud; ~ करनेवाले जानवर ruminating animals; (b) (fig.) to ruminate

zimmedār a responsible [आदमी person, एजंट agent, सरकार government]; ~ होना to be --:

zarūrī a (a) necessary, essential [काम work, कार्रवाई action, चीजें things]; यह ~ है कि... it is essential that...; ~ तौर पर necessarily, essentially. (b) urgent [तार telegram, बैठक meeting]. [syn. आवश्यक]

² jān fu knowledge: मेरी ~ में ऐसा नहीं था to my -- it was not so. [syn. ज्ञान, v जानना]

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]