جهنڐي jhunḍī H s. f. A bush, a tuft of grass.

جـﮩول jahūl A (from جـﮩل) adj. Very ignorant.

جهپات jhapāt H s. f. Quickness.

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.

جهلملا jhilmil-ā H adj. Thin, sparkling.

جهال jhāl H s. m. 1. Sharpness, heat, fieriness (as, of pepper), acrimony. 2. A large basket. 3. Joining or soldering of metals.

جهوسي jhūsī H s. f. Name of a town near Ilāhā- bād.

جنتار jantār S̱. (from यंत्र) s. m. An amulet.

جوجهنا jūjhnā S̱. (from युद्ध) v. n. 1. To fight. 2. To be killed in battle. جوجهـ مرنا jūjh marnā, To die fighting.

جاگتي جوت jāgtī-jot जायत्ज्योतिः S̱. adj. Possessed of or exerting miraculous power. S. جاگرن जागरण (r. जागृ Wake) jāgaraṇ, s. m. Vigil, waking, wakefulness (in a religious ceremony or prayer), vespers.