जाट

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀚𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*jaṭṭa), probably related to Sanskrit जर्तिक (jartika), a tribe name.[1] This could ultimately be from a farming term meaning "villager, herdsman, shepherd, cattle tender."[2] Cognate with Punjabi ਜੱਟ (jaṭṭa), Sindhi 𑋂𑋆𑋣 (jaṭu), and Romani zatt.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑːʈ/, [d͡ʒäːʈ]

Proper noun

जाट • (jāṭ) m

  1. Jat (a farming caste)

Declension

Noun

जाट • (jāṭ) m or f by sense

  1. Jat (member of the Jat caste)

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jaṭṭa2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. (1873). India: Printed at the Scottish & Adelphi presses, p. 157
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