ਜ਼ਾਤ
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Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ਜਾਤ (jāt)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian ذات (zāt), from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).
Noun
[edit]ਜ਼ਾਤ • (zāt) f (Shahmukhi spelling ذات)
- self, individuality, person
- essence, nature (characteristic)
- breed, race, social class, caste, ethnicity
- Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Kabir, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 1364:
- ਕਬੀਰ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਕਉ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਹਸਨੇਹਾਰੁ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਇਸ ਜਾਤਿ ਕਉ ਜਿਹ ਜਪਿਓ ਸਿਰਜਨਹਾਰੁ
- kabīr merī jāt ko sabh ko hasnehār balhārī es jāt ko jeh japio sirjanhār
- Kabeer, everyone laughs at my social class. I am a sacrifice to this social class, in which I chant and meditate on the Creator.
- Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Kabir, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 1364:
Related terms
[edit]- ਜ਼ਾਤੀ (zātī)