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.

جوا jawā H s. m. 1. A clove of garlick. 2. A kind of stitch in needlework. جوي دار jawe-dār, Sewed in a particular manner.

جباه jibāh A s. plur. of جبـﮩ‍ه jabha, q. v.

جل jul H s. m. Deceit, cheating, a trick. جل باز jul-bāz, A knave, a cheat.

جهلکنا jhalaknā S̱. (s. ज्वलका Flame) v. n. To shine, to glare.

جهولي jholī H s. f. A wallet.

جلپان जलपान jal-pān S s. m. Drinking (of water), eating, taking light food between meals, a luncheon.

جلادي jallād-ī A. s. f. The office of an executioner, cruelty, villainy.

جوق jauḳ A s. m. A troop or body of men. جوق جوق jauḳ jauḳ, In troops.

جمـﮩ‍ور jumhūr A adj. Universal, all. s. m. High