जनावर
Konkani
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar). Cognate to Hindi जनावर (janāvar) and Marathi जनावर (janāvar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡ʒənɑːʋəɾ]
Noun
जनावर • (janāvar) (Latin script jonavor, Kannada script ಜನಾವರ್)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar). Compare Gujarati જાનવર (jānvar), Hindi जानवर (jānvar), Punjabi ਜਾਨਵਰ (jānvar) / جانْوَر (jānvar), Bengali জানোয়ার (janoẇar), Assamese জানোবাৰ (zanübar), Dhivehi ޖަނަވާރު (janavāru), Baluchi جناور (jináwar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡zə.na.ʋəɾ/
Noun
जनावर • (j̈anāvar) n
- domesticated animal
- any animal
Declension
| Declension of जनावर (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
जनावर j̈anāvar | ||
| direct plural |
जनावरे, जनावरं j̈anāvare, janāvra | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
जनावर j̈anāvar |
जनावरे, जनावरं j̈anāvare, janāvra | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
जनावरा j̈anāvarā |
जनावरां- j̈anāvarān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
जनावराला j̈anāvarālā |
जनावरांना j̈anāvarānnā | |
| ergative | जनावराने, जनावरानं j̈anāvarāne, j̈anāvarāna |
जनावरांनी j̈anāvarānnī | |
| instrumental | जनावराशी j̈anāvarāśī |
जनावरांशी j̈anāvarānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
जनावरात j̈anāvarāt |
जनावरांत j̈anāvarāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
जनावरा j̈anāvarā |
जनावरांनो j̈anāvarānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of जनावर (neut cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
जनावराचा j̈anāvarāċā |
जनावराचे j̈anāvarāċe |
जनावराची j̈anāvarācī |
जनावराच्या j̈anāvarācā |
जनावराचे, जनावराचं j̈anāvarāċe, j̈anāvarāċa |
जनावराची j̈anāvarācī |
जनावराच्या j̈anāvarācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
जनावरांचा j̈anāvarānċā |
जनावरांचे j̈anāvarānċe |
जनावरांची j̈anāvarāñcī |
जनावरांच्या j̈anāvarāncā |
जनावरांचे, जनावरांचं j̈anāvarānċe, j̈anāvarānċa |
जनावरांची j̈anāvarāñcī |
जनावरांच्या j̈anāvarāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “जनावर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जनावर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जनावर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi जानवर (jānvar), from Classical Persian جَانْوَر (jānwar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡zʌnäwʌr]
- Phonetic Devanagari: जनाओर्
Noun
जनावर • (janāwar)
References
- “जनावर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “जनावर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “जनावर्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 207