جٹا

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जटा (jaṭā).

Pronunciation

Noun

جٹا • (jaṭā) f (Hindi spelling जटा)

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