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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

Noun

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جانور (jānwar) (plural جانورلار)

  1. animal

Persian

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Etymology

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

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

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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)

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

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جانور (jānvarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)

  1. animal
  2. beast

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Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

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جَانِورُ (jānivaru? (Devanagari जानिवरु)

  1. animal

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  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “جَانِورُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جانِوَرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

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جانْوَر (jānvarm (Hindi spelling जानवर)

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

Declension

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    Declension of جانور
singular plural
direct جانور (jānvar) جانور (jānvar)
oblique جانور (jānvar) جانوروں (jānvarõ)
vocative جانور (jānvar) جانورو (jānvaro)

References

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  • 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.
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