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ঝুল [ jhula ] n act of stooping, inclination (অত ঝুল দিলে পড়ে যাবে); vertical or down ward length (জামার ঝুল); soot or dirt caught in cobweb (ঝুলকালি); lamp black, soot (হারিকেনের ঝুল); (coll. & sl.) trash, worthless.

ঝুলন [ jhulana ] n act of swinging; suspension in the air; the Hindu festival of swinging (also ঝুলনযাত্রা).

ঝুলনা [ jhulanā ] n a rocking cradle.

ঝুলা, ঝোলা [ jhulā, jhōlā ] v to be hung, to hang, to be suspended in the air; (hum.) to be hanged; to swing; to incline towards, to lean to, to tend to; to be still in ac tion, still hanging fire (মামলা ঝুলছে). ঝুলা-ঝুলি, ঝুলোঝুলি n. (rare) repeated or continuous swinging; earnest solicita tion (for some length of time). ঝুলানো v. to hang, to suspend in the air; (hum.) to hang by the neck; to suspend or ad journ; to keep in suspense.

ঝুলি [ jhuli ] n a small cloth-bag (esp. one that can be carried by hanging it from one's shoulder)

ঝেঁপে দেওয়া [ jhēm̐pē dēōẏā ] v (coll. & sl.) to cheat, to grab unfairly.

ঝোঁক [ jhōn̐ka ] n a stooping state; inclination, propensity, a tendency; liking; earnest interest (রাজনীতিতে ঝোঁক); a whim, a caprice, a leaning, a penchant (দেশভ্রমণের ঝোঁক); overwhelming or besotting influence (নেশার ঝোঁক). ̃মাত্র n. velleity.

ঝোঁটন [ jhōn̐ṭana ] n a crest (as of a bird). ☐ a. crested (ঝোঁটন বুলবুলি).

ঝোড়া1 [ jhōḍ়ā1 ] n a large wicker-basket, a scuttle, a hamper.

ঝোড়া2 [ jhōḍ়ā2 ] v to lop off the unnecessary or overgrown branches. ̃নো v. to cause to lop off the unnecessary or over grown branches of.

ঝোপ [ jhōpa ] n an underwood; a bush, a thicket, a copse, a coppice. ̃জঙ্গল n. a thicket, a bushy undergrowth, underwood.

ঝোরা [ jhōrā ] n a cascade, a waterfall, a fountain (পাগলাঝোরা).

ঝোল [ jhōla ] n broth, juice, soup.

ঝোলা2 [ jhōlā2 ] a (of garments) hanging loosely (ঝোলা আস্তিন).

ঝোলা3 [ jhōlā3 ] a as thin as broth.

ঝোলা4 [ jhōlā4 ] n a (comparatively large) cloth bag esp. one that can be carried by hanging it from one's shoulder.

ঝোলাগুড় [ jhōlāguḍ় ] n thin molasses, treacle.

ঝোলাঝুলি2 [ jhōlājhuli2 ] n. pl belongings or luggage collectively, baggage. ঝোলাঝুলিসমেত adv. bag and baggage.

ঞ [ ñ ] n the tenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet.