जानवर
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar). By surface analysis, जान (jān) + -वर (-var). Compare Assamese জানোবাৰ (zanübar), Bengali জানোয়ার (janoẇar), Dhivehi ޖަނަވާރު (janavāru), Gujarati જાનવર (jānvar), Marathi जनावर (janāvar), Punjabi ਜਾਨਵਰ (jānvar).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जानवर • (jānvar) m (Urdu spelling جانور)
Declension edit
Declension of जानवर (masc cons-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जानवर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press