جھاٹا

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Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *झण्ट (jhaṇṭa). Doublet of جَھنْڈ (jhanḍ).

Pronunciation

Noun

جھاٹا (jhāṭām (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਾਟਾ)

  1. (depreciatory) disheveled hair (usually, but not limited to, of a woman's)

Declension

Declension of جھاٹا
dir. sg. جھاٹا (jhāṭā)
dir. pl. جھاٹے (jhāṭe)
singular plural
direct جھاٹا (jhāṭā) جھاٹے (jhāṭe)
oblique جھاٹے (jhāṭe) جھاٹیْاں (jhāṭiyāṉ)
vocative جھاٹیْا (jhāṭiyā) جھاٹیو (jhāṭeyo)
ablative جھاٹیوں (jhāṭeyoṉ) جھاٹیْاں (jhāṭiyāṉ)
locative جھاٹِیں (jhāṭīṉ)
instrumental جھاٹے (jhāṭe)

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