# جانور
## Chagatai
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

### Noun

جانور (jānwar) (plural جانورلار)
* animal

## Persian
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗𐫇𐫓 (gyʾnwl /⁠gyānwar⁠/, “animal”). By surface analysis, جان (jân, “life, life-soul”) +‎ ـور (-var, “possessor of”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [d͡ʒɑːn.ˈwaɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d͡ʒɑːn.wǽɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d͡ʒɔːn.wǽɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒɒːɱ.vǽɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d͡ʒɔɱ.vǽɾ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

| Dari | جانور |
| Iranian Persian | 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]‎:دد و دام و هر جانور کش بدید ز گیتی به نزدیک او آرمیدdad u dām u har jānwar k-aš bidīd zi gētī ba nazdīk-i ō āramīdWild 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 جانور (jānwar).

### Noun

جانور • (jānvar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨਵਰ)
* animal
* beast

#### Synonyms

* حیوان (haivān)

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانور (jānwar).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /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 (jānvarō̃) |
| vocative | جانور (jānvar) | جانورو (jānvarō) |

### 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.