جٹا

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जटा (jaṭā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جٹا (jaṭāf (Hindi spelling जटा)

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