² jaṛ a (a) inert, inanimate [जगत् world, पदार्थ objects, प्रकृति nature] [ant. चेतन]. (b) stupid, idiot [also जड़बुद्धि].

jug·nū mc glow-worm, firefly: ~ एक कीड़ा होता है -- is an insect; △ ~ का-सा प्रकाश fleeting light.

jald-bāz a and mc hasty/ impetuous (person): ~ पीछे पछताते है --s repent afterwards.

jan·varī f January; अगली ~ में in January next. [see अप्रैल]

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]

jub·lī fc jubilee: सिलवर ~ silver --; गोल्डन ~ golden --;

jot·nā vt (a) खेत ~ to plough a field, to till the soil; (b) गाड़ी में घोड़े ~ to yoke horses to a cart/carriage; (c) (fig.) to yoke, to force one to do a work: अध्यापक ने लड़कों को भी जोत दिया the teacher yoked the boys, too.

zevar mc ornament; (pl.) jewellery; भारतीय स्त्रियाँ बहुत ~ पहनती है Indian women wear a lot of ornaments; उसने अँगूठी, कड़े और दुसरे ~ बनवाये she had a ring, bangles and other ornaments/ jewellery made for her. [syn. गहने, आभूषण]

jyõ adv as: ~ बादल की छाया as is the shade of a cloud; ~ का त्यों as it was before, intact: तुम्हारा सामान ~ का त्यों पड़ा है your goods are lying intact; ~ त्यों करके somehow: ~ त्यों करके मैं वहाँ पहुँच गया I reached there somehow; ~ ही as soon as: ~ ही मैं वहाँ पहुँचा उसने प्राण छोड़ दिये as soon as I reached there, he/she breathed

jal·yātrā fc voyage; ~ सुखमय हो wish you a happy --; वे ~ पर चल पड़े they started on a --.