जोति

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Old Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit ज्योति (jyoti).

Noun

जोति (jotif

  1. light
    • c. 1420, Kabīr 77.1:
      एक जोति तैं सब उतपंना, कौंण वारंण कौंण सूदा
      eka joti ta͠i saba utapãnā, ka͠uṇa vārãṇa ka͠uṇa sūdā
      All have arisen from one light, who is a Brahmin and who is a Shudra?

Descendants

  • Hindustani: jot
    Hindi: जोत
    Urdu: جوت (jot)

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 535