jantu

English

Noun

jantu (plural not attested)

1. (archaic) An ancient Indian machine used to raise water to irrigate land.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “jantu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• jaunt, junta

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• जन्तु (Devanagari 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

jantu m

1. creature; living being