جوهر jauhar A (from Pers. گوهر) s. m. f. 1. A gem, jewel, pearl. 2. Skill, knowledge. 3. Matter, substance, essence (distinguished from accident). 4. Virtue, worth, merit. 5. Blackish marks in the steel of well tempered scimitars. 6. adj. Bright, glittering. جوهردار jauhar-dār, A sci- mitar marked with jauhar, q. v. جوهرکرنا jau- har karnā, To kill oneʼs self, to commit suicide. (When the Hindūs are attacked by a force too great for them to resist, they sometimes, in such cases, slaughter or burn their own wives and children, and then take to flight, or are them- selves slain; and, this act of killing their wives, &c. in such extremities, they call jūhar or jau- har).

جوهرات jauharāt P s. plur. (of جوهر) Jewels.

جوهرفرد jauhar-i-fard A s. m. 1. An indivisible atom. 2. (met.) A person unrivalled or une- qualled.

جوهري jauhar-ī A 1. s. m. A jeweller. 2. adj. Essential, relating to a jewel.