جهانکنا jhānknā H v. a. To peep, to spy.

جهلي jhillī H s. f. 1. A thin skin, a pellicle. 2. The membrane in which the fœtus is en- veloped (secundines). 3. The caul (omentum).

جهٿنا jhaṭnā H v. n. (dakh.) 1. To become thin or lean, to diminish. 2. (i. q. مناظره کرنا) To dispute.

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.

جليبي jalebī H s. f. A kind of sweetmeat.

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

جڙنا juṛnā S̱. (r. जुड Join) v. n. To be joined.

جهانسنا jhāṅsnā H v. a. 1. To debauch, to seduce, to wheedle, to coax. 2. (dakh.) To be inclined, to be agog, to be intent or set (on), to covet.

جهوکنا jhoknā H v. a. (dakh.) To throw, to cast.

جڙها juṛhā S̱. (r. जुड Join) s. m. Twins.