جانور

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar).

Noun

جانور (jānwar) (plural جانورلار)

animal

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːn.ˈwaɾ/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒːɱ.vǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔɱ.vǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jānwar
Dari reading^?	jānwar
Iranian reading^?	jânvar
Tajik reading^?	jonvar

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	جانور
Dari	جانور
Tajik	ҷонвар

جانور • (jânvar) (plural جانوران, or جانور‌ها)

animal
Synonym: حیوان (heyvân)
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Kiyōmars”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  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

جانورشناس (jânvar-šenâs)
جانورشناسی (jânvar-šenâsi)

Descendants

→ Assamese: জানোবাৰ (zanübar)
→ Avar: жанавар (žanawar)
→ Azerbaijani: canavar
- → Georgian: ჟანავარ (žanavar) (Ingiloy)
- → Lezgi: жанавур (žanavur)
→ Baluchi: جناور (jináwar)
→ Bashkir: януар (yanwar)
→ Bengali: জানোয়ার (janoẇar)
→ Chagatai: جانور
→ Gujarati: જાનવર (jānvar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: जानवर (jānvar)

Urdu: جانور (jānvar)
- → Dhivehi: ޖަނަވާރު (janavāru)
→ Kachchi: જનાવર (janāvar)
→ Kashmiri: جاناوار (jānāvār)
→ Kazakh: жануар (januar)
→ Kumyk: жанавар (janawar)
→ Kurdish:
- → Central Kurdish: جانه‌وه‌ر (canewer)
- → Northern Kurdish: cinawir
→ Kyrgyz: жаныбар (janıbar)
→ Marathi: जनावर (j̈anāvar)
→ Nepali: जनावर (janāwar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: جاناوار
- Turkish: canavar
- → Armenian: ջանավար (ǰanavar)
- → Crimean Tatar: canavar
- → Gagauz: canavar
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਨਵਰ (jānvar)

Shahmukhi script: جانور (jānvar)
→ Sindhi: جَانِورُ
→ Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠘꠥꠀꠞ (zanuar)
→ Tabasaran: жанавар (žanavar)
→ Tatar: җанвар (canwar)
→ Turkmen: janawer
→ Uyghur: جانىۋار (janiwar)
→ Uzbek: jonivor

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar).

Noun

جانور • (jānvar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)

animal
beast

Synonyms

حیوان (haivān)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɑnɪʋərʊ]

Noun

جَانِورُ • (jānivaru) m (Devanagari जानिवरु)

animal

References

Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “جَانِورُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جانِوَرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

جانْوَر • (jānvar) m (Hindi spelling जानवर)

animal, beast
(figuratively) savage, uncivilized being

Declension

Declension of **جانور**
	singular	plural
direct	جانور (jānvar)	جانور (jānvar)
oblique	جانور (jānvar)	جانوروں (jānvarõ)
vocative	جانور (jānvar)	جانورو (jānvaro)

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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.