جانور

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar).

Noun

جانور (jānwar) (plural جانورلار)

animal

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫓 (gyʾnwl /⁠gyānwar⁠/, “animal”). By surface analysis, (jân, “life, life-soul”) +‎ (-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
Classical reading^?	jānwar
Dari reading^?	jānwar
Iranian reading^?	jânvar
Tajik reading^?	jonvar

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	جانور
Dari	جانور
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]‎^[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)

Derived terms

جانورشناس (jânvar-šenâs)
جانورشناسی (jânvar-šenâsi)

Descendants

→ Assamese: জানোবাৰ (zanübar)
→ Avar: жанавар (žanawar)
→ Azerbaijani: canavar
- → Georgian: ჟანავარ (žanavar) (Ingiloy)
- → Lezgi: жанавур (žanavur)
→ Baluchi: جناور (jináwar)
→ Bashkir: януар (yanwar)
→ Bengali: জানোয়ার (janoẇar)
→ Chagatai: جَانِورُ
→ Gujarati: જાનવર (jānvar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: जानवर (jānvar)

Urdu: جانور (jānvar)
- → Dhivehi: ޖަނަވާރު (janavāru)
→ Kachchi: જનાવર (janāvar)
→ Kashmiri: جاناوار (jānāvār)
→ Kazakh: жануар (januar)
→ Kumyk: жанавар (janawar)
→ Kurdish:
- → Central Kurdish: جانه‌وه‌ر (canewer)
- → Northern Kurdish: cinawir
→ Kyrgyz: жаныбар (janıbar)
→ Marathi: जनावर (j̈anāvar)
→ Nepali: जनावर (janāwar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: جاناوار
- Turkish: canavar
- → Armenian: ջանավար (ǰanavar)
- → Crimean Tatar: canavar
- → Gagauz: canavar
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਨਵਰ (jānvar)

Shahmukhi script: جانور (jānvar)
→ Sindhi: جَانِورُ
→ Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠘꠥꠀꠞ (zanuar)
→ Tabasaran: жанавар (žanavar)
→ Tatar: җанвар (canwar)
→ Turkmen: janawer
→ Uyghur: جانىۋار (janiwar)
→ Uzbek: jonivor

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar).

Noun

جانور • (jānvar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)

animal
beast

Synonyms

حیوان (haivān)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jānwar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɑnɪʋərʊ]

Noun

جَانِورُ • (jānivaru) ? (Devanagari जानिवरु)

animal

References

Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “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

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

جانور

Wikipedia ^ur

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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

Declension

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

References

“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.