जटा
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जटा (jaṭā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ʈɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʈäː]
Noun
जटा • (jaṭā) f (Urdu spelling جٹا)
- dreadlocks
- (Hinduism) the hair of Shiva, which is matted into dreadlocks, like the hair of a sadhu
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जटा jaṭā |
जटाएँ jaṭāẽ |
| oblique | जटा jaṭā |
जटाओं jaṭāõ |
| vocative | जटा jaṭā |
जटाओ jaṭāo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জটা (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬝᬵ (Balinese script)
- জটা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰘𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀝𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဇဋာ (Burmese script)
- જટા (Gujarati script)
- ਜਟਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌟𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦛꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂗𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಟಾ (Kannada script)
- ជដា (Khmer script)
- ຊຏາ (Lao script)
- ജടാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᢞᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘘𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᢌᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑦸𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐚𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜଟା (Odia script)
- ꢙꢜꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆛𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖘𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජටා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩦𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚔𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஜடா (Tamil script)
- జటా (Telugu script)
- ชฏา (Thai script)
- ཛ་ཊཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒙𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨔𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʈɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʈɑː/
Noun
जटा • (jaṭā) stem, f
- the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Shiva, and persons in mourning); braid of hair
- a fibrous root, root (in general)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जटा (jaṭā) | जटे (jaṭe) | जटाः (jaṭāḥ) |
| accusative | जटाम् (jaṭām) | जटे (jaṭe) | जटाः (jaṭāḥ) |
| instrumental | जटया (jaṭayā) जटा¹ (jaṭā¹) |
जटाभ्याम् (jaṭābhyām) | जटाभिः (jaṭābhiḥ) |
| dative | जटायै (jaṭāyai) | जटाभ्याम् (jaṭābhyām) | जटाभ्यः (jaṭābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जटायाः (jaṭāyāḥ) जटायै² (jaṭāyai²) |
जटाभ्याम् (jaṭābhyām) | जटाभ्यः (jaṭābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जटायाः (jaṭāyāḥ) जटायै² (jaṭāyai²) |
जटयोः (jaṭayoḥ) | जटानाम् (jaṭānām) |
| locative | जटायाम् (jaṭāyām) | जटयोः (jaṭayoḥ) | जटासु (jaṭāsu) |
| vocative | जटे (jaṭe) | जटे (jaṭe) | जटाः (jaṭāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जटा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 409/1.
- 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][2] (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