जन्तु

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• jantu (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• জন্তু (Bengali script)
• ජන‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
• ဇန္တု or ၹၼ္တု or ၹၼ်တု (Burmese script)
• ชนฺตุ or ชันตุ (Thai script)
• ᨩᨶ᩠ᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊນ຺ຕຸ or ຊັນຕຸ (Lao script)
• ជន្តុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

जन्तु m

1. Devanagari script form of jantu

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জন্তু (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬦ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
• জন্তু (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဇန္တု (Burmese script)
• જન્તુ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਨ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಜನ್ತು (Kannada script)
• ជន្តុ (Khmer script)
• ຊນ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
• ജന്തു (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᠨᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠨᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଜନ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢥ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ජන‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஜந்து (Tamil script)
• జన్తు (Telugu script)
• ชนฺตุ (Thai script)
• ཛ་ནྟུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

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).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐn.tú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐn̪.t̪u/

Noun

जन्तु • (jantú) stem, m

1. child, offspring
2. person, creature, living being
3. insect, worm or any animal of the lowest order of classification

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of जन्तु (jantú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जन्तुः jantúḥ	जन्तू jantū́	जन्तवः jantávaḥ
Vocative	जन्तो jánto	जन्तू jántū	जन्तवः jántavaḥ
Accusative	जन्तुम् jantúm	जन्तू jantū́	जन्तून् jantū́n
Instrumental	जन्तुना / जन्त्वा¹ jantúnā / jantvā́¹	जन्तुभ्याम् jantúbhyām	जन्तुभिः jantúbhiḥ
Dative	जन्तवे jantáve	जन्तुभ्याम् jantúbhyām	जन्तुभ्यः jantúbhyaḥ
Ablative	जन्तोः jantóḥ	जन्तुभ्याम् jantúbhyām	जन्तुभ्यः jantúbhyaḥ
Genitive	जन्तोः jantóḥ	जन्त्वोः jantvóḥ	जन्तूनाम् jantūnā́m
Locative	जन्तौ jantaú	जन्त्वोः jantvóḥ	जन्तुषु jantúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Marathi: जंत (janta)
• → Tamil: ஜந்து (jantu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जन्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 570