Etymograph

English

Jat

Jat comes from Hindi जाट.

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentजाटjāṭ
  2. EnglishtodayJat

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentजाटjāṭ
  2. EnglishtodayJat

The story

Initially the name of a low-ranking tribe of Vahika (now in Punjab) mentioned in some Sanskrit-language Hindu texts such as the Mahabharata's Karna Parva, its descendant names, from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀚𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*jaṭṭa), were later used to refer to various different low-ranking groups of peoples living in the regions of Sindh and Punjab. Many other theories about the origin of this name exist, but are unproven and speculative; see Getae for one such example.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from Hindi जाट

Today it means

noun A member of a people of northwestern India and Pakistan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hindi जाट / Jat

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