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): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.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 (jaṭā)
	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 / जटा¹ jaṭayā / jaṭā¹	जटाभ्याम् jaṭābhyām	जटाभिः jaṭābhiḥ
Dative	जटायै jaṭāyai	जटाभ्याम् jaṭābhyām	जटाभ्यः jaṭābhyaḥ
Ablative	जटायाः / जटायै² jaṭāyāḥ / jaṭāyai²	जटाभ्याम् jaṭābhyām	जटाभ्यः jaṭābhyaḥ
Genitive	जटायाः / जटायै² jaṭāyāḥ / jaṭāyai²	जटयोः jaṭayoḥ	जटानाम् jaṭānām
Locative	जटायाम् jaṭāyām	जटयोः jaṭayoḥ	जटासु jaṭāsu
Notes	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