जन्तु
Pali
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Noun
editजन्तु m
- Devanagari script form of jantu
Sanskrit
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- জন্তু (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬦ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- জন্তু (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဇန္တု (Burmese script)
- જન્તુ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਨ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಜನ್ತು (Kannada script)
- ជន្តុ (Khmer script)
- ຊນ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
- ജന്തു (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠨᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠨᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଜନ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢥ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ජන්තු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஜந்து (Tamil script)
- జన్తు (Telugu script)
- ชนฺตุ (Thai script)
- ཛ་ནྟུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-Aryan *ĵantúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́antúš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬎 (zantu).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editजन्तु • (jantú) stem, m
- child, offspring
- person, creature, living being
- insect, worm or any animal of the lowest order of classification
Declension
editMasculine u-stem declension of जन्तु (jantú) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | जन्तुः jantúḥ |
जन्तू jantū́ |
जन्तवः jantávaḥ |
Vocative | जन्तो jánto |
जन्तू jántū |
जन्तवः jántavaḥ |
Accusative | जन्तुम् jantúm |
जन्तू jantū́ |
जन्तून् jantū́n |
Instrumental | जन्तुना / जन्त्वा¹ jantúnā / jantvā́¹ |
जन्तुभ्याम् jantúbhyām |
जन्तुभिः jantúbhiḥ |
Dative | जन्तवे jantáve |
जन्तुभ्याम् jantúbhyām |
जन्तुभ्यः jantúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | जन्तोः jantóḥ |
जन्तुभ्याम् jantúbhyām |
जन्तुभ्यः jantúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | जन्तोः jantóḥ |
जन्त्वोः jantvóḥ |
जन्तूनाम् jantūnā́m |
Locative | जन्तौ jantaú |
जन्त्वोः jantvóḥ |
जन्तुषु jantúṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “जन्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 570
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- Pali lemmas
- Pali nouns
- Pali nouns in Devanagari script
- Pali masculine nouns
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit masculine nouns
- Sanskrit u-stem nouns
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