جھاٹا

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: cā́ṭā IPA^(key): /t͡ʃäː˨.ʈäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

جھاٹا • (jhāṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਾਟਾ)

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

Declension

Declension of جھاٹا

	singular	plural
direct	جھاٹا (jhāṭā)	جھاٹے (jhāṭe)
oblique	جھاٹے (jhāṭe)	جھاٹیْاں (jhāṭiyāṉ)
vocative	جھاٹیْا (jhāṭiyā)	جھاٹیو (jhāṭeyo)
ablative	جھاٹیوں (jhāṭeyoṉ)	جھاٹیْاں (jhāṭiyāṉ)
locative	–	جھاٹِیں (jhāṭīṉ)
instrumental	جھاٹے (jhāṭe)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھاٹا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਝਾਟਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhaṇṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 294