जीव jīv

जीव jīva ji:v (nm) a creature, living being; life; soul; ~घाती destroyer of life, killer; murderous; -जंतु creatures; tiny creatures; -जगत the animate world; ~दान sacrifice of life; ~धारी living being, organism; ~भौतिकी biophysics; ~रसायन biochemistry; ~लोक mortal world; ~वाद vitalism, animism; ~वासिकी bionomics, bionomy; ~विज्ञान biology; ~विष toxin; ~वैज्ञानिक a biologist; biological; -हत्या/हिंसा destruction of life; ~हीन lifeless.

S جيو जीव jīv, and H. जीऊ jīʼū, जीउ jīʼu, जिउ jiʼu, s.m. Life, existence; soul; living creature, animate being, animal; the sentient individual soul (or emanation of the Deity, which, it is believed, is incorporated in the animal body, imparting to it life, motion, and sensation, and hence called jīvātman, in contradistinction to paramātman or supreme soul); — a beloved one, darling, sweetheart; — intj. Bravo!: — jīvātmā (S. jīva+āt˚), s.m. The individual soul, the vital principle or spirit.