jigyã̄su I. a inquisitive [चेला disciple, छात्र pupil, स्त्री woman]. II. mc and fc learner: जिज्ञासुओं की सभा में in a meeting of --s.

jāū mc barley; ~ का आटा (दलिया, पानी) -- flour (porridge, water); △ ~ भर भी नहीं not even an iota of an inch.

jīvan-avadhi fu life span: उसकी ~ इतनी ही थी his -- was only so much.

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

jālā 1. mc cobweb: मकड़ी का ~ spider's --/web; मकड़ी ~ बुनती है a spider spins its web. 2. mu cataract: आँख का ~ -- in the eye. [cf. जाल, जाली]

² jūn fu rebirth; कुत्ते की ~ पाना to be reborn as a dog.

jaldī I. fu hurry: उसे ~ थी he was in --; कोई ~ नहीं है there is no -- ~ करो be quick, look sharp, hurry up, make haste; ~ करें नहीं तो देर हो जायगी we must hurry or we shall be late II. adv (a) [also ~ से] quickly, hurriedly, hastily: उसने अपना काम ~ (से) ख़त्म कर लिया he/she finished

jinhē pron. pl. [alternative of जिनको, vide जिन¹] (to) whom, (to) which: वे लोग ~ आपने देखा था the people whom you. had seen; वे बच्चे ~ आपने रुपये दिये थे the children (to) whom you had given money; वे चीज़ें ~ आपने पसंद किया था the things which you had liked.

jan-sādhāraṇ m pl. common people, masses: ~ की इच्छा will of the --; ~ क्या चाहते हैं what do the -- want ?

¹ jūn mu June [see अगस्त]