See also: जतु,
जंतु,
जात,
ज़ात,
जाती,
ज़ाती,
जाता,
जाति,
जित,
जीत,
जूता,
जूति, and जोत
Old Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit ज्योति (jyoti).
Noun
जोति (joti) f
- light
c. 1420,
Kabīr 77.1:
- एक जोति तैं सब उतपंना, कौंण वारंण कौंण सूदा
- eka joti ta͠i saba utapãnā, ka͠uṇa vārãṇa ka͠uṇa sūdā
- All have arisen from one light, who is a Brahmin and who is a Shudra?
Descendants
- Hindustani: jot
- Hindi: जोत
- Urdu: جوت (jot)
Further reading
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 535