(p. 400) jijñāsaka one who asks or questions or inquires. 65)

(p. 388) jaḍ়ōẏā a piece of bejewelled ornament. a. bejewelled (জড়োয়া গয়না). 2)

(p. 389) janmā to take one's birth, to be born; to come into existence, to originate; to spring up; to be produced, to grow; to occur; to evolve; to accrue. 18)

(p. 390) jami, jamina ground; land; field; landed property; (of cloth) texture. জমিজমা n. landed property, real estate. জমি জায়গা same as জমিজমা । জমিজিরাত, (coll.) জমিজিরেত n. agricultural or arable land. জমিদার n. a landowner, a zemindar, a landlord. জমিদারি n. the jurisdiction or property of a zemindar, zemindary, a real estate; the office of a zemindar. a. pertaining to a zemindary or zemindar. কাপড়ের জমিন texture of textile material or fabric or cloth. 27)

(p. 400) jindā alive, living (জিন্দা থাকা) ̃বাদ int. long live! vive! 82)

(p. 399) jānānā a woman, a female; a woman living in a zenana; a wife; apartments in which women are secluded, a zenana, a gynaeceum. 8)

(p. 410) jbalajbala expressing: shining or glaring or blazing or sparkling state. জ্বলজ্বল করা v. to shine, to glare, to blaze; to sparkle. জ্বলজ্বলে a. shining, glaring, blazing; sparkling. 18)

(p. 396) jaharabrata a rite practised by Rajput women of old by burning themselves alive on funeral pyres to escape shame and insult. 19)

(p. 400) jālātana, jbālātana irritation, vexation; annoyance; pestering; harassment; a pest. a. irritated, vexed, pestered; harassed. জালাতন করা v. to irritate, to vex, to annoy, to pester; to harass. 38)

(p. 390) jalasā a majlis or assembly for musical demonstration, a musical soiree. 65)

(p. 390) japya that which is to be or should be recited silently and repeatedly esp. in prayers. 7)

(p. 400) jībana life; existence; lifetime (আজীবন); duration of life (জীবন ফুরানো); a living or livelihood (চাষই তার জীবন); a person or thing as dear or valuable as (one's) life (ছেলেটি তার জীবন); water. জীবন দেওয়া v. to sacrifice or lay down one's life, to die for; to give life to. জীবন পাওয়া v. to come to life; to come back to life. জীবন যাওয়া, জীবন হারানো v. to lose one's life, to die. জীবন নেওয়া v. to take one's life, to kill. ̃কথা, ̃কাহিনি, ̃চরিত n. biography. ̃চরিতকার n. a biographer. ̃জিজ্ঞাসা n. quest or inquiry into life's meaning. ̃দর্শন n. philosophy of life. ̃দান n. act of giving life to. জীবনদান করা same as জীবন দেওয়া । ̃দায়ক a. life-giving, life-saving. ̃ধারণ n. act of living; existence; act of leading one's life. জীবনধারণ করা v. to live; to exist; to lead one's life. ̃নাশ n. destruction of life; death. জীবননাশ করা v. to destroy the life (of); to kill. জীবননাশ হওয়া v. to have one's life destroyed; to lose one's life; to die. ̃প্রবাহ n. the cycle or flow of life. ̃বল্লভ n. husband; a lover. ̃বিমা n. life insurance, life assurance. জীবনবিমা করা v. to insure one's life. ̃বিহীন same as ̃শূন্য । ̃বৃত্তান্ত n. biography. ̃বেদ n. the view of life, philosophy of life, Weltans-chauung. ̃ভোর, ̃ভর adv. throughout one's life. ̃মরণ n. life and death a. life-and-death (জীবনমরণ সমস্যা) ̃যাত্রা n. livelihood. ̃যাপন n. leading one's life; living. জীবনযাপন করা v. to lead one's life; to live. ̃শূন্য a. lifeless; dead; inanimate. ̃সংগ্রাম n. the stru-ggle for existence. ̃সংশয় n. a critical or precarious condition. ̃সঙ্গিনী n. a wife; a female life-companion. masc. ̃সঙ্গী a male life-companion; a husband. ̃সঞ্চার n. infusion of life, resuscitation. ̃সর্বস্ব n. everything in or of one's life; all that one lives for. ̃হীন same as ̃শূন্য । ̃স্মৃতি n. an autobiographical memoir. 105)

(p. 400) jijñāsu one who asks, questioning; inquiring; inquisitive, curious. 69)

(p. 385) ja rust. জং ধরা v. to rust. জং-ধরা a. rusty. জং ধরানো v. to rust. 8)

(p. 399) jābara cud. জাবর কাটা v. to chew the cud, to ruminate; (fig.) to meditate on or discuss the same thing over and over again. 25)