janu, ज़ानू zanū mc knee: मेरे जानुओं में दर्द है I have pain in my --s; ~ तोड़ना to kneel down; दो ~ बैठना to kneel down, to sit on the haunches.

³ jām mc goblet, bowl, cup [usu. a cup of wine]; ~ भर-भरकर पिलाना to serve --s of wine well filled; ~ चढ़ाना to drink off a -- of wine. [syn. प्याला]

jab adv when, as, while; जब हम छोटे छोटे थे when we were young; जब मैं चला तो पानी बरसने लगा as I started, it began to rain; जब वे पढ़ रहे थे तभी हम भीतर आ गये we came in while they were reading. ~- कभी whenever: ~ आप आये whenever you come; ~ कभी वह नाचती है whenever she dances. ~ कि while मैं गाता था जब कि वह नाचती थी I sang while she danced. ~ - जब whenever: ~-जब वे आते हैं तब-तब लड़ाई होती है whenever he comes, there is a quarrel. ~ तक as long as: ~ तक मैं न आऊँ so long as I do not come; △ ~ तक साँस तब तक आस as long as there is life there is hope. ~ जब... तब... when... then ...: जब आप आयेंगे तब मैं लौट जाऊँगा when you will come then I shall return. ~ से since (when) ~ से मैंने व़ॢलायत छोड़ा since I left England ... [Also see जभी, कब, कभी]

jātihīn a casteless, classless: ~ समाज -- society.

jit·nā I. rel. pron and a as much: ~ चाहो ले लो take as much as you like; ~ धन उतनी चिन्ता as much money, so much care. II. adv as: वह ~ धनी है उतना मैं नहीं हूँ I am not so rich as he is; वह जितना ऊपर जाता है उतनी ठंडक बढ़ती जाती है the higher he goes, the cooler it is. [also see उतना a correlative of जितना; pl. जितने, जितनी have different meaning]

jan-svāsthya mu public health; ~ के लिए निदेश directions for --; ~ अधिकारी (कार्यालय, विभाग) -- officer (office, department].

jūtī fc [ladies' term] light shoe; △ ~ की नोक पर मारना to treat with contempt, to care a fig/damn; जूतियाँ उठाना to do menial chores; जूतियाँ चटकाते फिरना to roam about aimlessly; जूतियाँ सिर पर रखना to flatter servilely; जूतियाँ सीधी करना to cringe, to do menial service; जूतियो़ं मे़ं दाल बँटना to have a quarrel. [see जूता]

jal-pān mu (light) refreshment: आप ~ कर लें you have your --; अब ~ करा दें let me/us have -- now. ~ -गृह refreshment room; ~ -गृह में चाय पियेंगे (we) shall take tea in the refreshment room. [syn. नाश्ता]

jamāḵẖorī fu hoarding: जमाख़ोरी और मुनाफ़ाख़ोरी का संबंध है -- is connected with profiteering. [syn. ज़खीरेबाज़ी]

jān-pah·chān fu acquaintance: मेरी उससे कोई ~ नहीं है I have no -- with him; वह मेरी ~ का आदमी है he is acquainted with me; ~ कराना to introduce.