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

1. 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-tú-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́antúš

Proto-Indo-Aryan *ĵantúṣ

Sanskrit जन्तु

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ĵantúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́antúš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-tú-s, from *ǵenh₁-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬎 (zantu).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ज॒न्तु • (jantú) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of ज॒न्तु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒न्तुः (jantúḥ)	ज॒न्तू (jantū́)	ज॒न्तवः॑ (jantávaḥ)
accusative	ज॒न्तुम् (jantúm)	ज॒न्तू (jantū́)	ज॒न्तून् (jantū́n)
instrumental	ज॒न्तुना॑ (jantúnā)	ज॒न्तुभ्या॑म् (jantúbhyām)	ज॒न्तुभिः॑ (jantúbhiḥ)
dative	ज॒न्तवे॑ (jantáve)	ज॒न्तुभ्या॑म् (jantúbhyām)	ज॒न्तुभ्यः॑ (jantúbhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒न्तोः (jantóḥ)	ज॒न्तुभ्या॑म् (jantúbhyām)	ज॒न्तुभ्यः॑ (jantúbhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒न्तोः (jantóḥ)	ज॒न्त्वोः (jantvóḥ)	ज॒न्तू॒नाम् (jantūnā́m)
locative	ज॒न्तौ (jantáu)	ज॒न्त्वोः (jantvóḥ)	ज॒न्तुषु॑ (jantúṣu)
vocative	जन्तो॑ (jánto)	जन्तू॑ (jántū)	जन्त॑वः (jántavaḥ)

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