jaṅg mc war, battle = युध्द q. v.

jāne 1. [connected with जानना q. v.] ~/न ~ क्या होने वाला है don't know what is going to happen; क्या जाने don't know; कौन जाने who knows; भगवान् ~ God knows; ~- अनजाने knowingly or unknowingly. 2. [connected with जाना] ~ देना to let go, to set free; ~ दो let it go, never mind; मेरे जाने पर on my going (there); जाने को तैयार ready to go; जाने में क्या हानि है what is the harm in going ? जानेवाला a about to go; m goer.

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.

joṛīdār I. m comrade: वह मेरा ~ है he is a -- of mine. II. a matching [कबूतर pigeons, जूतें shoes, दोस्त friends].

jālīdār a (a) meshed: ~ कपड़ा -- cloth; ~ मसहरी -- mosquito-net. (b) latticed: ~ बरामदा -- verandah.

jaṛāū a. inlaid [अँगूठी ring, मूर्ति idol]; ~ काम -- ornamentation.

jān·nā-pah·chān·- nā vt to know and recognize, to know well: मैं उसे जानता-पहचानता हूँ he/she is acquainted with me, I know him/her well. [see जानना]

zard a = ज़रद q. v.

jantrī fc almanac: नये वर्ष की ~ -- for the new year; ~ में शुभ तिथि देखना to look for an auspicious date in an --.

gyã̄n·vān a learned, well-informed [ब्राह्मण Brahmin, गुरु preceptor].