jap-tap mu prayers/worship and penances.

jū̃ fc louse [pl. जुएँ lice]; जुएँ पड़ना to be lousy, to be infested by lice; ~ की चाल very slow movement; △ कान पर ~ तक न रेंगना to pay no heed at all.

jarma mc germ; बीमारी के ~ --s of a disease; हवा में ~ हैं there are --s in the air. [syn. कीड़े, जीवाणु]

jaṅgam a (a) moving [प्राणी creatures]. (b) movable [संपत्ति property]

jyotiṣ mu (a) astronomy: ~ दूरदर्शी astronomical telescope; ~ घड़ी astronomical clock; (b) astrology: ~ लगाना to foretell by --.

jalī-kaṭī a and f ~ (बातें) सुनाना to say things bitter and stinging, to make caustic remarks.

janma-tithi fc/u date of birth; आपकी ~ date of your birth; ~ का प्रमाण-पत्र certificate of date

jar·nāīl mc general: मेरे ससुर सेना में ~ थे my father-in-law was a -- in the army. [syn. सेनापति]

zyādā a (a) much [काम work, गरमी heat, ताक़त strength]; कहीं ~ much more; ज़रूरत से ~ more than enough; पहले से ~ more than before; हद से ~ excessively; (b) many [किताबें books, लोग people; पौधे plants]. [syn. बहुत, अधिक]

jam·nā vi (a) to congeal, to freeze; ख़ून or पानी जम गया blood या water froze (was frozen); जमा हुआ दही congealed curd; बर्फ़ ~ to freeze into ice; नदी जम गई थी the river was frozen over. (b) to be solidified (become hard): काँफ़ी का पाउडर जम गया coffee powder has solidified [become hard]. (c) to be fixed: आँख उस पर जमी थी the eye was fixed on it. (d) to settle: तह (धूल, पपड़ी, मैल) जम जाती है layer (dust, crust, dirt) settles. (e) to be established: रोजगार जम गया business was established. (f) to