जानवर
See also: जानवरों, जनावर, जनवरी, and जानवरो
Hindi
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जानवर
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian جانور (jânvar), synchronically analysable as जान (jān) + -वर (-var).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑːn.ʋəɾ/, [d͡ʒä̃ːn̪.wəɾ]
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Noun
जानवर • (jānvar) m (Urdu spelling جانور)
- animal
- Synonyms: जंतु (jantu), प्राणी (prāṇī)
- (figuratively) a savage, uncivilized person
- (figuratively) fool
Declension
Declension of जानवर (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | जानवर jānvar | जानवर jānvar |
oblique | जानवर jānvar | जानवरों jānvarõ |
vocative | जानवर jānvar | जानवरो jānvaro |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जानवर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press