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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *झण्ट (jhaṇṭa). Doublet of جَھنْڈ (jhanḍ).
Pronunciation
Noun
جھاٹا • (jhāṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਾਟਾ)
- (depreciatory) disheveled hair (usually, but not limited to, of a woman's)
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھاٹا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਝਾਟਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhaṇṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 294