جانور

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور‎ (jānwar).

Noun

جانور (jānwar) (plural جانورلار‎)

  1. animal

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫓‎ (gyʾnwl /⁠gyānwar⁠/, “animal”). By surface analysis, جان‎ (jân, “life, life-soul”) +‎ ـور‎ (-var, “possessor of”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔːn.wǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? jānwar
Dari reading? jānwar
Iranian reading? jânvar
Tajik reading? jonvar
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Noun
Dari جانور‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷонвар

جانور • (jânvar) (plural جانوران‎ (jânvarân) or جانور‌ها‎ (jânvar-hâ))

  1. animal
    Synonym: حیوان‎ (heyvân)

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور‎ (jānwar).

Noun

جانور • (jānvar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)

  1. animal
  2. beast

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور‎ (jānwar).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑːn.ʋəɾ/
  • Rhymes: -əɾ
  • Hyphenation: جان‧وَر

Noun

جانْوَر • (jānvar) m (Hindi spelling जानवर)

  1. animal, beast
  2. (figuratively) savage, uncivilized being

Declension
Declension of جانور‎
singular plural
direct جانور‎ (jānvar) جانور‎ (jānvar)
oblique جانور‎ (jānvar) جانوروں‎ (jānvarō̃)
vocative جانور‎ (jānvar) جانورو‎ (jānvarō)

References
  • “جانور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جانور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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