جھاٹا

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Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit *झण्ट (jhaṇṭa). Doublet of جَھنْڈ (jhanḍ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جھاٹا (jhāṭām (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਾਟਾ)

  1. (depreciatory) disheveled hair (usually, but not limited to, of a woman's)

Declension[edit]

Declension of جھاٹا
dir. sg. جھاٹا (jhāṭā)
dir. pl. جھاٹے (jhāṭe)
singular plural
direct جھاٹا (jhāṭā) جھاٹے (jhāṭe)
oblique جھاٹے (jhāṭe) جھاٹیاں (jhāṭeyāṉ)
vocative جھاٹیا (jhāṭeyā) جھاٹیو (jhāṭeyo)
ablative جھاٹیوں (jhāṭeyoṉ)
locative جھاٹے (jhāṭe)
instrumental جھاٹے (jhāṭe)

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھاٹا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਝਾਟਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhaṇṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 294