ज़ात
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian ذات (zāt), from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ज़ात • (zāt) f (Urdu spelling ذات)
- essence
- nature (characteristic)
- substance
- body
- person, entity
- self, ego
- possessor, owner
- breed, caste
- generation
Declension
[edit]Declension of ज़ात (fem cons-stem)
Related terms
[edit]- ज़ाती (zātī)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zāt”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 367