jantu

English

Noun

jantu (plural not attested)

(archaic) An ancient Indian machine used to raise water to irrigate land.

References

Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Jantu”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
“jantu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

jaunt, junta

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese জন্তু (zontu).

Noun

jantu

animal

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
जन्तु (Devanagari 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

jantu m

creature; living being

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