جانور
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).
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]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔːn.wǽɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɒːɱ.vǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔɱ.vǽɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | jānwar |
Dari reading? | jānwar |
Iranian reading? | jânvar |
Tajik reading? | jonvar |
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Noun
Dari | جانور |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҷонвар |
جانور • (jânvar) (plural جانوران (jânvarân) or جانورها (jânvar-hâ))
- animal
- Synonym: حیوان (heyvân)
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Kiyōmars”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:
- 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.
- dad u dām u har jānwar k-aš bidīd
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:
- → Dhivehi: ޖަނަވާރު (janavāru)
- → Kachchi: જનાવર (janāvar)
- → Marathi: जनावर (j̈anāvar)
- → Nepali: जनावर (janāwar)
- Kurdish:
- → Central Kurdish: جانهوهر (canewer)
- → Northern Kurdish: cinawir
- → Ottoman Turkish: جاناوار
- → Punjabi:
- → Tatar: җанвар (canwar)
- → Turkmen: janawer
- → Uyghur: جانىۋار (janiwar)
- → Uzbek: jonivor
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑɑnɪʋərʊ]
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)
- animal, beast
- (figuratively) savage, uncivilized being
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