jel·ḵẖānā mc prison- house, gaol; जेलख़ाने की हवा खाना to be put behind the bars. [see जेल, syn. कारावास]

jākeṭ f = जैकेट.

jaṅg·lī a (a) wild [जानवर animals/beasts, फूल flowers, चिडॢयाँ birds, जातियाँ tribes, बिल्ली cat, हाथी elephant]; ~ कौवा raven. (b) savage [आदमी man, आदत habit, लोग people].

jabar mc oppression: किसी पर ~ करना to oppress smb; ~ करने वाला oppressor.

jāg·nā vi (a) to rise, to wake (up): वह सवेरे (देर में, सात बजे) जागता है he rises/wakes (up) early (late, at seven o'clock); मैं जागा or जाग उठा I woke up; वह जागी or जाग पड़ी she woke up. (b) to be alert/vigilant: देश जाग उठा है the country has become alert/vigilant. △ जागे सो पावे, or जो जागता है सो पाता है a sleeping fox catches no poultry, [vt जगाना, also see जागरण, जाग्रत, जाग्रति, जागरूक; ant. सोना]

jān·kār I. a knowledgeable [आदमी man, क्षेत्र areas, सूत्र source]; ~ सूत्रों से पता चला है it has been known from -- sources. II. m (f)c one conversant: वह भाषा का ~ है he is conversant with language; मैं कारों का ~ हूँ I am knowledgeable about cars.

jigyã̄sā fu/c curiosity: मेरी एक ~ है I have a -- to know; उसकी सब जिज्ञासाएँ पूरी हुईं all his curiosities were satisfied; ~ करना to ask.

¹ jūn mu June [see अगस्त]

jar·man a and m German [ = जर्मन]

jirah fu cross-questioning, cross-examination: वकील की ~ -- by a lawyer; ~ करना to cross-examine: गवाह से ~ करना to cross-examine a witness.