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ঝারা [ jhārā ] n a porous device to spray water etc. on a plant.

ঝারি [ jhāri ] n a water-can with a porous spout.

ঝাল1 [ jhāla1 ] n solder. ঝাল দেওয়া v. to solder.

ঝাল2 [ jhāla2 ] a acrid, biting; pungent, hot. ☐ n. an acrimony or grudge (গায়ের ঝাল); pungency, hotness (লংকার ঝাল); chilli (তরকারিতে ঝাল দেওয়া); a variety of hot curry or gravy (মাছের ঝাল). ঝাল ঝাড়া, ঝাল মেটানো v. (coll.) to feed one's grudge (esp. by flogging or scolding severely). ঝালে-ঝোলে-অম্বলে adv. in all affairs or places.

ঝালর [ jhālara ] n a fringe, a valance; tatting. ̃ওয়ালা a. fringed, valanced.

ঝালা1 [ jhālā1 ] v (mus.) to twist up a sharp and loud sound on string instruments, to blaze up. ☐ n. a spell or act of blazing up.

ঝালা2 [ jhālā2 ] v to solder; to dredge (পুকুর ঝালা).

ঝালানো [ jhālānō ] v to cause to solder; to dredge (পুকুর ঝালানো); (fig.) to refresh (বন্ধুত্ব ঝালানো, স্মৃতি ঝালানো); to recapitulate or revise (পড়া ঝালানো). ☐ a. soldered; dredged; (fig.) refreshed or recapitu lated or revised.

ঝালাপালা [ jhālāpālā ] a almost deafened or stunned or extremely vexed with a loud and un bearable noise (কান ঝালাপালা হওয়া); extremely afflicted (রোদে শরীর ঝালাপালা হওয়া).

ঝালি [ jhāli ] n the festival of ঝুলন or swinging; a pit dug at the mouth of a gutter; a bag; a basket; a wicker-basket.

ঝি [ jhi ] n a daughter (রাজার ঝি, ঘোষের ঝি); a maid-servant. ঝিকে মেরে বউকে শেখানো (fig.) to flog or punish one's own inno cent people to teach others a lesson.

ঝিউড়ি [ jhiuḍ়i ] n a daughter; an unmarried daughter.

ঝিঁক [ jhin̐ka ] n a raised construction on an oven upon which cooking utensils are placed; any removable metal device to serve the same purpose.

ঝিঁকড়া [ jhin̐kaḍ়ā ] n a kind of small bushy plant.

ঝিঁঝিঁ1 [ jhin̐jhi1 ] n a species of insect, the cricket. ঝিঁঝির শব্দ বা ডাক the drone or chirping of the cricket.

ঝিঁ ঝিঁ2 [ jhi n̐jhi2 ] int indicating: a dizzy or buzz ing or twinging sensation (মাথা ঝিঁ ঝিঁ করা, পায়ে ঝিঁ ঝিঁ ধরা). ঝিঁ ঝিঁ করা v. to feel dizzy, to be stricken with a buzz ing sensation. ঝিঁ ঝিঁ ধরা v. to be stricken with a twinging sensation, to have pins and needles.

ঝিঁঝিট [ jhin̐jhiṭa ] n an Indian musical mode.

ঝিকমিক [ jhikamika ] int expressing: sparkling or glittering or twinkling. ঝিকমিক করা v. to sparkle, to glitter, to twinkle.

ঝিঙে [ jhiṅē ] n a kind of vegetable, a cucurbitaceous plant and its fruit.

ঝিনিঝিনি, ঝিনিকিঝিনি [ jhinijhini, jhinikijhini ] int expressing a sweet and musical jingling sound (as of a dancer's anklets).

ঝিনুক [ jhinuka ] n a bivalve mollusc, the cockle, the oyster; an ear-shell; an abalone; a metal spoon shaped almost as a valve of the cockle (chiefly used in feeding babies).

ঝিন্টি [ jhinṭi ] n a flowering shrub, the amaranth (?).

ঝিম [ jhima ] n drowsiness or langour (ঝিম ধরা). ☐ a. stricken with drowsiness or langour, drowsy, languid (ঝিম হয়ে বসা).

ঝিমঝিম [ jhimajhima ] int expressing a dizzy or fainting sensation. ঝিমঝিম করা v. to feel dizzy; to feel like swooning (গা ঝিমঝিম করা).

ঝিমানি, ঝিমুনি [ jhimāni, jhimuni ] n dozing; a doze; slacken ing, abatement, flagging; inaction; lethargy.

ঝিমানো [ jhimānō ] v to drowse, to doze; slacken, to abate, to flag (আন্দোলন ঝিমিয়ে পড়েছে); to become inactive (সন্ত্রাসবাদীরা ঝিমিয়ে পড়ল).

ঝিয়ারি [ jhiẏāri ] n a daughter; an unmarried daughter; one who is like a daughter, e.g. a son-in-law's sister.