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जीभ jībh [Prk. िजब्भा; S. िजव्हा], s.f. The tongue:—jībh ulaṭnā, v.n. 'The tongue to turn back'; to pronounce distinctly:—jībh baṛhānā, v.n. 'To make the tongue long'; to be loquacious and abusive; to pursue pleasures beyond one's reach:—jībh-pakaṛnā(-kī), To silence; to interrupt the discourse (of anyone); to criticize minutely:—jībh jhukānā, v.n. To pretend to wealth falsely:—jībh ćāṭnā(-par), To smack the tongue (over orat), to long (for something unattainable), to covet:—jībh ćalānā(-par), To boast (of) beyond one's ability; to talk grandly or largely:—jībh dāb-ke bāt kahnā, v.n. To speak hesitatingly or with reserve:—jībh kāṭnā(-kī), To stop one's tongue by signs, to forbid by signs;—(from the Persian) to grant the request (of a petitioner); to bite the tongue in astonishment, etc.; to be struck with terror or astonishment:—jībh karnā(prov.), To set the tongue agoing, to speak, to answer; to be rude or insolent in speech, to abuse:—jībh-ke tale jībh honā, v.n. To be double-tongued:—jībh nikālnā, To put out the tongue; to be extremely fatigued or thirsty; to pull out the tongue (as a punishment for misusing it).
Origin: Hindi