jat

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noun

A member of a people of northwestern India and Pakistan.

OriginHindi जाट ← Sanskrit जर्तिक ← inc-ash *𑀚𑀝𑁆𑀝 →
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Meanings

jat1

nounjat (plural jats)

plural jats

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of yat (“letter or vowel”).

Jat2

nounJat (plural Jats or Jat)

plural Jats · alternative Eastern Punjabi Jatt · alternative Hindi Jaat · alternative Urdu Western Punjabi Jutt · alternative dated Jut

  1. A member of a people of northwestern India and Pakistan.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
zutt

Origin

  1. inc-ash*𑀚𑀝𑁆𑀝
  2. Sanskritजर्तिक
  3. Hindiजाट
  4. EnglishJat

From Hindi जाट (jāṭ), ultimately from Sanskrit जर्तिक (jartika), of further unknown origin. Initially the name of a low-ranking tribe of Vahika (now in Punjab) mentioned in some Sanskrit-language Hindu texts such as the Mahabharata's Karna Parva, its descendant names, from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀚𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*jaṭṭa), were later used to refer to various different low-ranking groups of peoples living in the regions of Sindh and Punjab. Many other theories about the origin of this name exist, but are unproven and speculative; see Getae for one such example.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with jat

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Anagrams

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