جانور

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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

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)
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Kiyōmars”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
      دد و دام و هر جانور کش بدید
      ز گیتی به نزدیک او آرمید
      dad u dām u har jānwar k-aš bidīd
      zi gētī ba nazdīk-i ō āramīd
      Wild beasts, livestock, and every animal in the world that saw him took repose close to him.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Noun

جانور (jānvarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)

  1. animal
  2. beast

Synonyms

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَانِورُ (jānivaru? (Devanagari जानिवरु)

  1. animal

References

  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “جَانِورُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جانِوَرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Pronunciation

Noun

جانْوَر (jānvarm (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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.