जानवर

See also: जानवरों, जनावर, जनवरी, and जानवरो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar). By surface analysis, जान (jān) +‎ -वर (-var). Compare Assamese জানোবাৰ (zanübar), Bengali জানোয়ার (janoẇar), Dhivehi ޖަނަވާރު (janavāru), Gujarati જાનવર (jānvar), Marathi जनावर (janāvar), Punjabi ਜਾਨਵਰ (jānvar).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːn.ʋəɾ/, [d͡ʒä̃ːn.wɐɾ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

जानवर • (jānvar) m (Urdu spelling جانور)

animal
Synonyms: जंतु (jantu), प्राणी (prāṇī)
(figuratively) a savage, uncivilized person
(figuratively) fool

Declension

Declension of *जानवर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	जानवर jānvar	जानवर jānvar
oblique	जानवर jānvar	जानवरों jānvarõ
vocative	जानवर jānvar	जानवरो jānvaro

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जानवर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press