zimmādārī, ज़िम्मावारी zimmāvārī fu/c responsibility [the form ज़िम्मेदारी is more popular].

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]

jugat fu [colloquial] (a) art, dexterity: ~ से गृहस्थी चलाना to run the house with --; (b) device: मुझे एक ~ सूझी I thought of a --; △ ~ भिड़ाना/लडाना to manipulate. [syn. युक्‍ित is more urbanized]

² jūn fu rebirth; कुत्ते की ~ पाना to be reborn as a dog.

jamānā vt (a) to freeze, to congeal: पानी or दुध ~ -- water या milk. (b) to freeze: दही or बर्फ़ ~ -- curd या ice. (c) to consolidate: प्रभाव or शक्‍ित ~ -- influence या power (d) to fix (up): दृष्टि (पत्थर, रंग) -- eyes (stones, colours); △ रंग ~ to impress. (e) to establish: अधिकार (कब्ज़ा, विश्‍वास, साख) ~ -- rights

jag-hãsāī fu popular ridicule, public mockery, open calumny; ~ कराना to expose oneself to --; उसकी ~ हुई he was ridiculed in public.

zilā mc district [छोटा small, बड़ा big]; ~ -अधिकारी/अफ़सर -- officer; ~ कचहरी -- court; ~ जज -- judge; ~ परिषद्/बोर्ड -- board; ~ मजिस्ट्रेट -- magistrate; उत्तर प्रदेश में 63 ज़िले हैं there are 63 districts in Uttar Pradesh.

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

jogī mc ascetic [योगी is standard]; ~ की-सी फेरी like an --'s visit, a short visit.

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]