جانور

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Noun

جانور (jānwar) (plural جانورلار)

1. animal

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫓 (gyʾnwl /⁠gyānwar⁠/, “animal”). By surface analysis, جان (jân, “life, life-soul”) +‎ ـور (-var, “possessor of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːn.ˈwaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔːn.wǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒːɱ.vǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔɱ.vǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jānwar
Dari reading?	jānwar
Iranian reading?	jânvar
Tajik reading?	jonvar

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Noun

Dari	جانور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷонвар

جانور • (jânvar) (plural جانوران (jânvarân) or جانور‌ها (jânvar-hâ))

1. animal

   Synonym: حیوان (heyvân)

   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Kiyōmars”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:

     دد و دام و هر جانور کش بدید
     ز گیتی به نزدیک او آرمید

     dad u dām u har jānwar k-aš bidīd
     zi gētī ba nazdīk-i ō āramīd

     Wild beasts, livestock, and every animal in the world that saw him took repose close to him.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• جانورشناس (jânvar-šenâs)
• جانورشناسی (jânvar-šenâsi)

 

Descendants

• → Assamese: জানোবাৰ (zanübar)
• → Azerbaijani: canavar
  • → Lezgi: жанавур (žanavur)
• → Avar: жанавар (žanawar)
• → Baluchi: جناور (jináwar)
• → Bashkir: януар (yanwar)
• → Bengali: জানোয়ার (janoẇar)
• → Gujarati: જાનવર (jānvar)
• → Kyrgyz: жаныбар (janıbar)
• → Kumyk: жанавар (janawar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जानवर (jānvar)

  Urdu: جانور (jānvar)

  • → Dhivehi: ޖަނަވާރު (janavāru)
• → Kachchi: જનાવર (janāvar)
• → Marathi: जनावर (j̈anāvar)
• → Nepali: जनावर (janāwar)
• Kurdish:
  • → Central Kurdish: جانه‌وه‌ر (canewer)
  • → Northern Kurdish: cinawir
• → Ottoman Turkish: جاناوار
  • Gagauz: canavar
  • Turkish: canavar
  • → Armenian: ջանավար (ǰanavar)
  • → Crimean Tatar: canavar
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਨਵਰ (jānvar)

  Shahmukhi script: جانور (jānvar)

• → Tatar: җанвар (canwar)
• → Turkmen: janawer
• → Uyghur: جانىۋار (janiwar)
• → Uzbek: jonivor

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Noun

جانور • (jānvar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)

1. animal
2. beast

Synonyms

• حیوان (haivān)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɑnɪʋərʊ]

Noun

جَانِورُ • (jānivaru) ? (Devanagari जानिवरु)

1. animal

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “جَانِورُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جانِوَرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːn.ʋəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: جان‧وَر

Noun

جانْوَر • (jānvar) m (Hindi spelling जानवर)

1. animal, beast
2. (figuratively) savage, uncivilized being

Declension

Declension of جانور
	singular	plural
direct	جانور (jānvar)	جانور (jānvar)
oblique	جانور (jānvar)	جانوروں (jānvarō̃)
vocative	جانور (jānvar)	جانورو (jānvarō)

References

• “جانور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جانور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.