"जन्तु" meaning in Sanskrit

See जन्तु in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʑɐn.tú/ [Vedic], /ˈd͡ʑɐn̪.t̪u/ [Classical]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ĵantúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́antúš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬎 (zantu). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*ĵantúṣ}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *ĵantúṣ, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ȷ́antúš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́antúš, {{der|sa|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-|t=to produce, give birth}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”), {{cog|ae|𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬎}} Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬎 (zantu) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=jantú}} जन्तु • (jantú) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|jantú}} Forms: jantú [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], जन्तुः [nominative, singular], जन्तू [dual, nominative], जन्तवः [nominative, plural], जन्तो [singular, vocative], जन्तू [dual, vocative], जन्तवः [plural, vocative], जन्तुम् [accusative, singular], जन्तू [accusative, dual], जन्तून् [accusative, plural], जन्तुना [instrumental, singular], जन्त्वा1 [instrumental, singular], जन्तुभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], जन्तुभिः [instrumental, plural], जन्तवे [dative, singular], जन्तुभ्याम् [dative, dual], जन्तुभ्यः [dative, plural], जन्तोः [ablative, singular], जन्तुभ्याम् [ablative, dual], जन्तुभ्यः [ablative, plural], जन्तोः [genitive, singular], जन्त्वोः [dual, genitive], जन्तूनाम् [genitive, plural], जन्तौ [locative, singular], जन्त्वोः [dual, locative], जन्तुषु [locative, plural]
  1. child, offspring
    Sense id: en-जन्तु-sa-noun-pFADuiMn
  2. person, creature, living being
    Sense id: en-जन्तु-sa-noun-dkIr05jH
  3. insect, worm or any animal of the lowest order of classification Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-जन्तु-sa-noun-X5udwJ0C Disambiguation of Animals: 27 26 47 Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit entries with topic categories using raw markup, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 52 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 16 58 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 17 72

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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn.tú/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʑɐn̪.t̪u/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "जन्तु"
}

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