जटा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जटा (jaṭā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʈɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʈäː]

Noun

जटा • (jaṭā) f (Urdu spelling جٹا)

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

Declension

Declension of जटा (fem ā-stem)

	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)
• ᠽᠠᢌᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (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

1. the hair twisted together (as worn by ascetics, by Shiva, and persons in mourning); braid of hair
2. a fibrous root, root (in general)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जटा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जटा (jaṭā)	जटे (jaṭe)	जटाः (jaṭāḥ)
vocative	जटे (jaṭe)	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)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

• जट (jaṭa)
• जटि (jaṭi)
• जटिल (jaṭila)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जटा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 409/1.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “जटा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• 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