# ज्वर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ज्वर (jvara); from the root verb ज्वर् (jvar, “to be feverish”), which in turn is from the root verb ज्वल् (jval, “to burn brightly, blaze, shine”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d͡ʒʋəɾ/, [d͡ʒʋɐɾ]

### Noun

ज्वर • (jvar) m (Urdu spelling جور)
* fever (abnormally high body temperature)
    तुम्हारा ज्वर चढ़ गया है। ― tumhārā jvar caṛh gayā hai. ― Your fever has gone up.
    इस रोगी में विषम ज्वर के लक्षण प्रकट हैं।is rogī mẽ viṣam jvar ke lakṣaṇ prakaṭ ha͠i.This patient is showing symptoms of acute fever

#### Synonyms

* बुख़ार (buxār)

#### Derived terms

* ज्वरमय (jvarmay, “feverish, afflicted with fever”)
* जीर्णज्वर (jīrṇajvar, “chronic fever”)
* पित्तज्वर (pittajvar, “bilious fever”)
* प्रसूतिज्वर (prasūtijvar, “post-delivery fever”)
* आरक्त ज्वर (ārakt jvar, “scarlet fever”)
* परागज ज्वर (parāgaj jvar, “hayfever”)
* मस्तिष्क ज्वर (mastiṣk jvar, “meningitis, brain fever”)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ज्वर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ज्वर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Platts, John T. (1884) “ज्वर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* জ্বৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬚ᭄ᬯᬭ (Balinese script)
* জ্বর (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰿𑰪𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑁆𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဇွရ (Burmese script)
* જ્વર (Gujarati script)
* ਜ੍ਵਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦗ꧀ꦮꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂹𑂫𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಜ್ವರ (Kannada script)
* ជ្វរ (Khmer script)
* ຊ຺ວຣ (Lao script)
* ജ്വര (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠣᠸᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘿𑘪𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠽᢦᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧠𑧊𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑑂𑐰𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଜ୍ଵର (Odia script)
* ꢙ꣄ꢮꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑇀𑆮𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖿𑖪𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ජ‍්වර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣 𑪙𑩾𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚶𑚦𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஜ்வர (Tamil script)
* జ్వర (Telugu script)
* ชฺวร (Thai script)
* ཛྭ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑓂𑒫𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑩇𑨭𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root ज्वर् (jvar, “to burn, be feverish”); related to ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, blaze”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑʋɐ.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd͡ʑʋɐ.ɾɐ/

### Noun

ज्वर • (jvara) stem, m
* fever, feverish heat
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.92:न चाग्निजं भयं किं चिन् नाप्सु मज्जन्ति जन्तवः । न वातजं भयं किं चिन् नापि ज्वरकृतं तथा ॥na cāgnijaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cin nāpsu majjanti jantavaḥ. na vātajaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cin nāpi jvarakṛtaṃ tathā.There is no fear of fire; no beings drown in water; There is no fear of air, and neither that of fever.

#### Derived terms

* अज्वर (ajvara)

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: জ্বৰ (zor)
* → Bengali: জ্বর (jor)
* → Hindi: ज्वर (jvar)
* → Nepali: ज्वरो (jvaro)
** → Gamale Kham: जोरो
* → Kannada: ಜ್ವರ (jvara)
* → Tamil: ஜ்வரம் (jvaram), ஜுரம் (juram)
* → Telugu: జ్వరము (jvaramu)

#### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ज्वर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 746
* Monier Williams (1899) “ज्वर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428, column 1.