ज्वर

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ज्वर (jvára); from the root verb ज्वर् (jvar, “to be feverish”), which in turn is from the root verb ज्वल् (jval, “to burn brightly, blaze, shine”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʋəɾ/,

ज्वर • (jvar) m (Urdu spelling جور)

1. fever (abnormally high body temperature)

   तुम्हारा ज्वर चढ़ गया है। ― tumhārā jvar caṛh gayā hai. ― Your fever has gone up.

   इस रोगी में विषम ज्वर के लक्षण प्रकट हैं।

   is rogī mẽ viṣam jvar ke lakṣaṇ prakaṭ ha͠i.

   This patient is showing symptoms of acute fever

• बुख़ार (buxār)

• ज्वरमय (jvarmay, “feverish, afflicted with fever”)
• जीर्णज्वर (jīrṇajvar, “chronic fever”)
• पित्तज्वर (pittajvar, “bilious fever”)
• प्रसूतिज्वर (prasūtijvar, “post-delivery fever”)
• आरक्त ज्वर (ārakt jvar, “scarlet fever”)
• परागज ज्वर (parāgaj jvar, “hayfever”)
• मस्तिष्क ज्वर (mastiṣk jvar, “meningitis, brain fever”)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ज्वर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ज्वर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ज्वर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428.

From the root ज्वर् (jvar, “to burn, be feverish”); related to ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, blaze”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʋɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑʋɐ.ɾɐ/

ज्वर • (jvará) stem, m

1. fever, feverish heat
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.92:

     न चाग्निजं भयं किं चिन् नाप्सु मज्जन्ति जन्तवः ।
     न वातजं भयं किं चिन् नापि ज्वरकृतं तथा ॥

     na cāgnijaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cin nāpsu majjanti jantavaḥ.
     na vātajaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cin nāpi jvarakṛtaṃ tathā.

     There is no fear of fire; no beings drown in water;
     There is no fear of air, and neither that of fever.

• अज्वर (ajvara)

• → Assamese: জ্বৰ (zor)
• → Bengali: জ্বর (jor)
• → Hindi: ज्वर (jvar)
• → Nepali: ज्वरो (jvaro)
  • → Gamale Kham: जोरो
• → Kannada: ಜ್ವರ (jvara)
• → Tamil: ஜ்வரம் (jvaram), ஜுரம் (juram)
• → Telugu: జ్వరము (jvaramu)

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ज्वर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 746
• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428.