जानवर

See also: जानवरों, जनावर, जनवरी, and जानवरो

Hindi

जानवर

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جانور (jânvar).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जानवर • (jānvar) m (Urdu spelling جانور)

1. animal

   Synonyms: जंतु (jantu), प्राणी (prāṇī)

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

References

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