How to Say "Animal" in Urdu - How To Say Guide

جانور

janwar

The Urdu word for animal is جانور (janwar).

جانور is a noun used to refer to any living organism that is not a human.

Meaning: organism other than human (noun)

Which one should you use?

While جانور is the common word for animal, the word حیوان is used in more formal, literary or biological contexts.

However, جانور remains the same in many contexts as it is often treated as a collective or invariant noun in common speech.

janwar

In common Urdu slang, calling someone a جانور can be a compliment to describe a person with extraordinary strength, stamina or a relentless work ethic.
In Urdu, the formal term حیوان can also be used in a derogatory way to describe a person who lacks manners or behaves like a brute.
The word جانور is derived from the Persian word جان meaning 'soul' or 'life' and ور meaning 'possessing'. Literally, an animal is a 'possessor of life'.

وہ جانور بھوک سے مر گیا۔
The animal died from hunger.
This sentence is useful for seeing how to refer to a single جانور.
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جانور کے حقوق کی حفاظت کرنا ضروری ہے
It is essential to protect animal rights.
جانوروں سے محبت کرنا ایک عمدہ اچھائی ہے
Loving animals is a great virtue.
یہ ایک بہت بڑا جانور ہے۔
yeh ek bohat bara jaanwar hai.
This is a very large animal.
مجھے جنگلی جانوروں سے ڈر لگتا ہے۔
mujhe jungli jaanwaro se darr lagta hai.
I am afraid of wild animals.

Fatima and Umar are looking at a picture book in a room.

فاطمہ Fatima

عمر، دیکھو یہ کون سا جانور ہے؟
Umar, dekho yeh kaun sa jaanwar hai?
Umar, look, which animal is this?
عمر Omar

فاطمہ، یہ ایک شیر ہے۔
Fatima, yeh ek sher hai.
Fatima, this is a lion.
فاطمہ Fatima

کیا یہ جانور خطرناک ہے؟
Kya yeh jaanwar khatarnak hai?
Is this animal dangerous?
عمر Omar

ہاں، یہ بہت طاقتور جانور ہے۔
Haan, yeh bohat taqatwar jaanwar hai.
Yes, it is a very powerful animal.

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