"जन्तु" meaning in Sanskrit

See जन्तु in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʑɐn.tú/ [Vedic], /d͡ʑɐn̪.t̪u/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
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], 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], जन्तो [singular, vocative], जन्तू [dual, vocative], जन्तवः [plural, vocative]
  1. child, offspring
    Sense id: en-जन्तु-sa-noun-pFADuiMn Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 41 25 34 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 52 11 37
  2. person, creature, living being
    Sense id: en-जन्तु-sa-noun-dkIr05jH Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 41 25 34
  3. insect, worm or any animal of the lowest order of classification
    Sense id: en-जन्तु-sa-noun-X5udwJ0C Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Animals Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 41 25 34 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 40 10 50 Disambiguation of Animals: 10 35 55
     
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn.tú/",
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        "Vedic"
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      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn̪.t̪u/",
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}

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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jantú"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "child, offspring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person, creature, living being"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "insect, worm or any animal of the lowest order of classification"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "worm",
          "worm"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "lowest",
          "lowest"
        ],
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ],
        [
          "classification",
          "classification"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn.tú/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑɐn̪.t̪u/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "जन्तु"
}

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