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Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).
Noun
جانور (jānwar) (plural جانورلار)
- animal
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫓 (gyʾnwl /gyānwar/, “animal”). By surface analysis, جان (jân, “life, life-soul”) + ـور (-var, “possessor of”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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jānwar
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Dari reading?
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jānwar
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Iranian reading?
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jânvar
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Tajik reading?
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jonvar
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Noun
Dari
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جانور
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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ҷонвар
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جانور • (jânvar) (plural جانوران (jânvarân) or جانورها (jânvar-hâ))
- animal
- Synonym: حیوان (heyvân)
Derived terms
Descendants
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).
Noun
جانور • (jānvar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)
- animal
- beast
Synonyms
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).
Pronunciation
Noun
جانْوَر • (jānvar) m (Hindi spelling जानवर)
- animal, beast
- (figuratively) savage, uncivilized being
Declension
Declension of جانور
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singular
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plural
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direct
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جانور (jānvar)
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جانور (jānvar)
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oblique
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جانور (jānvar)
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جانوروں (jānvarō̃)
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vocative
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جانور (jānvar)
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جانورو (jānvarō)
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References
- “جانور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جانور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.