The story
- Punjabi · borrowed fromਝਟਕਾ“sudden movement, jerking”
- English todayjhatka
Borrowed from Punjabi ਝਟਕਾ (jhaṭkā, “sudden movement, jerking”) / جَھٹْکا (jhaṭkā). Unrelated to Slovak jatka (“slaugherhouse”) or Polish jatka (“butchershop”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.