jantu

English

Noun

jantu (plural not attested)

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

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Jantu”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
• “jantu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• jaunt, junta

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese জন্তু (zontu).

Noun

jantu

1. animal

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