جل jull A s. f. A housing or covering for an ele- phant, bullock, &c.

جناجات janā-jāt S̱. adv. Man by man, one by one (person).

جوسي josī H s. m. The name of a tribe of Hindūs.

جليبي jaleb-ī A. s. f. Belonging to the retinue.

جهلمل jhilmil H (see جهرجهرا) s. m. 1. A kind of gauze. 2. A shutter, a venetian blind.

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.

جنو jano H adv. As, like as.

جس jas यशः S̱. s. m. Celebrity, reputation, fame, renown, name, character, luck. جس اپجس

جهانٿ jhānṭ H s. f. The hair of the private parts, pubes.

جهونٿا jhonṭā H s. m. 1. The hair of the back part of the head. (Sans. जटा Hair matted). 2. The motion of a swing. جهونٿا دينا jhonṭā denā, To shake oneʼs head with violence.