जटा

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जटा (jaṭā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ʈɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʈäː]

Noun[edit]

जटा (jaṭāf (Urdu spelling جٹا)

  1. dreadlocks
  2. (Hinduism) the hair of Shiva, which is matted into dreadlocks, like the hair of a sadhu

Declension[edit]

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

जटा (jaṭā) stemf

  1. the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Shiva, and persons in mourning); braid of hair
  2. a fibrous root, root (in general)

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem declension of जटा (jaṭā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जटा
jaṭā
जटे
jaṭe
जटाः
jaṭāḥ
Vocative जटे
jaṭe
जटे
jaṭe
जटाः
jaṭāḥ
Accusative जटाम्
jaṭām
जटे
jaṭe
जटाः
jaṭāḥ
Instrumental जटया / जटा¹
jaṭayā / jaṭā¹
जटाभ्याम्
jaṭābhyām
जटाभिः
jaṭābhiḥ
Dative जटायै
jaṭāyai
जटाभ्याम्
jaṭābhyām
जटाभ्यः
jaṭābhyaḥ
Ablative जटायाः
jaṭāyāḥ
जटाभ्याम्
jaṭābhyām
जटाभ्यः
jaṭābhyaḥ
Genitive जटायाः
jaṭāyāḥ
जटयोः
jaṭayoḥ
जटानाम्
jaṭānām
Locative जटायाम्
jaṭāyām
जटयोः
jaṭayoḥ
जटासु
jaṭāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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]‎[1] (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