जन्तु

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

jantu (Latin script)
𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
জন্তু (Bengali script)
ජන‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
ဇန္တု or ၹၼ္တု or ၹၼ်တု (Burmese script)
ชนฺตุ or ชันตุ (Thai script)
ᨩᨶ᩠ᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
ຊນ຺ຕຸ or ຊັນຕຸ (Lao script)
ជន្តុ (Khmer script)
𑄎𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

जन्तु m

Devanagari script form of jantu

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

জন্তু (Assamese script)
ᬚᬦ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
জন্তু (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ဇန္တု (Burmese script)
જન્તુ (Gujarati script)
ਜਨ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಜನ್ತು (Kannada script)
ជន្តុ (Khmer script)
ຊນ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
ജന്തു (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠨᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠨᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
ଜନ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
ꢙꢥ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
ජන‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
ஜந்து (Tamil script)
జన్తు (Telugu script)
ชนฺตุ (Thai script)
ཛ་ནྟུ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ĵantúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́antúš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬎 (zantu).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐn.tú/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐn̪.t̪u/

Noun

जन्तु • (jantú) stem, m

child, offspring
person, creature, living being
insect, worm or any animal of the lowest order of classification

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of जन्तु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जन्तुः (jantúḥ)	जन्तू (jantū́)	जन्तवः (jantávaḥ)
accusative	जन्तुम् (jantúm)	जन्तू (jantū́)	जन्तून् (jantū́n)
instrumental	जन्तुना (jantúnā) जन्त्वा¹ (jantvā́¹)	जन्तुभ्याम् (jantúbhyām)	जन्तुभिः (jantúbhiḥ)
dative	जन्तवे (jantáve)	जन्तुभ्याम् (jantúbhyām)	जन्तुभ्यः (jantúbhyaḥ)
ablative	जन्तोः (jantóḥ)	जन्तुभ्याम् (jantúbhyām)	जन्तुभ्यः (jantúbhyaḥ)
genitive	जन्तोः (jantóḥ)	जन्त्वोः (jantvóḥ)	जन्तूनाम् (jantūnā́m)
locative	जन्तौ (jantaú)	जन्त्वोः (jantvóḥ)	जन्तुषु (jantúṣu)
vocative	जन्तो (jánto)	जन्तू (jántū)	जन्तवः (jántavaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Marathi: जंत (janta)
→ Tamil: ஜந்து (jantu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “जन्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411/2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 570