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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जटा (jaṭā).
Pronunciation
Noun
जटा • (jaṭā) f (Urdu spelling جٹا)
- dreadlocks
- (Hinduism) the hair of Shiva, which is matted into dreadlocks, like the hair of a sadhu
Declension
Declension of जटा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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जटा
jaṭā
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जटाएँ
jaṭāẽ
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| oblique
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जटा
jaṭā
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जटाओं
jaṭāõ
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| vocative
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जटा
jaṭā
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जटाओ
jaṭāo
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জটা (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬝᬵ (Balinese script)
- জটা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰘𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀝𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဇဋာ (Burmese script)
- જટા (Gujarati script)
- ਜਟਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌟𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦛꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂗𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಟಾ (Kannada script)
- ជដា (Khmer script)
- ຊຏາ (Lao script)
- ജടാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᢞᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘘𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᢌᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑦸𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐚𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜଟା (Odia script)
- ꢙꢜꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆛𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖘𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජටා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩦𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚔𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஜடா (Tamil script)
- జటా (Telugu script)
- ชฏา (Thai script)
- ཛ་ཊཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒙𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨔𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
जटा • (jaṭā) stem, f
- the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Shiva, and persons in mourning); braid of hair
- a fibrous root, root (in general)
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जटा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 409/1.
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “जटा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 564-5
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 413
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jáṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press