جانور

Compound of جان‎ (“life”) +‎ ور‎ (“possessing”).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːnwaɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒːnwaɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒːnvæɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔːnvaɾ/

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جانور • (jânvar) (plural جانوران‎ (jânvarân) or جانور‌ها‎ (jânvar-hâ))

1. animal, beast, brute, creature

• حیوان‎ (heyvân)

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

From Persian جانور‎ (jânvar).

جانور • (jānvar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)

1. animal
2. beast

• حیوان‎ (haivān)

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور‎ (jānvar).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːn.ʋəɾ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːn.ʋəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: جان‧وَر

جانْوَر • (jānvar) m (Hindi spelling जानवर)

1. animal, beast
2. (figuratively) savage, uncivilized being

• “جانور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جانور”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.