جاذبه jāẕib-a A s. m. Drawing, attraction.

جتيک jitek H adj. As much as, as many as.

جهجهکارنا jhajhkārnā H v. a. To browbeat, to speak snappishly.

جهڙک jhiṛak H (from جهڙکنا) s. f. Threat, jerk.

جوڙي jūṛī S̱. (from जड Cold) s. f. An ague.

جبان jabān A (from جبن) adj. Pusillanimous.

جواب jawāb A s. m. An answer, reply, any thing answering to another. جواب باصواب jawāb-i-bā-ṣawāb, s. m. A proper answer. جواب بالا jawāb-bālā, A kind of benediction (i. e. may your advice prevail). جواب ده jawāb-dih, An- swerer; adj. Amenable, accountable, responsi- ble, answerable. جواب دينا jawāb-denā, 1. To be accountable for, to be amenable or responsi- ble, to reply, to answer, to give an answer or account (of any commission, &c.). 2. To dis- charge, disband, to dismiss one from his office. جواب سوال jawāb suwāl, s. m. Altercation, conversation. جواب سوالي jawāb-suwāl-ī, s. m. Re- ply, rejoinder. جواب قطعي jawāb-i-ḳat̤ʼīﻌ, s. m. A definitive answer. جواب ملنا jawāb milnā, To be dismissed or discharged. جوات نامه ja- wāb-nāma, s. m. A writing fixed to the winding sheet, on the breast of the deceased, which it is intended that Munkar and Nakīr should read, in case the poor soul should be too much flurried to answer their questions. See منکرنکير munkar nakīr.

جبراعل jabrāʼiﻌl A (Heb. ) The archangel Gabriel.

جاني انجاني jāne an-jāne S̱. Wittingly or unwit- tingly.

جهما جهم jhamā-jham H adv. Heavily and during the whole day (raining).