Jest به انگلیسی
From Longman Dictionary
jest1 /dʒest/ noun
something you say that is intended to be funny, not serious
چیزی که شما می گویید برای خنده دار بودن است، نه جدی
jest2 verb
to say things that you do not really mean in order to amuse people
گفتن چیزهایی که واقعاً منظور شما نیست تا مردم را سرگرم کنند
Example
I wasn’t sure whether to treat her words as a jest
His serious face told me that he was not speaking in jest
There had been anger as well at the cruel jest of fate that had brought her into love with her own brother
It was made more in jest than seriousness but it does convey the nature of the Nicholson’s operation
In jest or earnest, such a man would not wish to leave this human and more than human mystery unresolved
