English
jaconet
Jaconet comes from Hindi जगन्नाथ ‘Jagannath, one of the names of Krishna, an…’, and goes back to Urdu جگنّاتھ.
- Urdumodernجگنّاتھjagannāth
- Hindic. 1500–presentजगन्नाथjagannāth‘Jagannath, one of the names of Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803jaconet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Urdumodernجگنّاتھjagannāth
- Hindic. 1500–presentजगन्नाथjagannāth‘Jagannath, one of the names of Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803jaconet
Earliest quotation: 1803, Jane Austen, London: John Murray: “It would be mortifying to the feelings of many…”
Every English word from Urdu جگنّاتھ
Today it means
noun A type of cotton cloth, especially as dyed and waterproofed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Urdu جگنّاتھ / jaconet