जानवर

See also: जानवरों, जनावर, जनवरी, and जानवरो

Hindi

जानवर

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (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 (Delhi):

  (file)

Noun

जानवर • (jānvar) m (Urdu spelling جانور)

1. animal

   Synonyms: जंतु (jantu), प्राणी (prāṇī)

2. (figuratively) a savage, uncivilized person
3. (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