English
jhatka
Jhatka comes from Punjabi ਝਟਕਾ ‘sudden movement, jerking’, and goes back to Sanskrit झटिति ‘quickly, at once’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEझटिति‘quickly, at once’
- Punjabimodernਝਟਕਾjhaṭkā‘sudden movement, jerking’
- Englishtodayjhatka
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEझटिति‘quickly, at once’
- Punjabimodernਝਟਕਾjhaṭkā‘sudden movement, jerking’
- Englishtodayjhatka
The story
Unrelated to Slovak jatka (‘slaugherhouse’) or Polish jatka (‘butchershop’).
Every English word from Sanskrit झटिति
Today it means
noun The instant decapitation method of animal slaughter, idealized as a non-ritual alternative to ritual slaughter (kutha) which is forbidden
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit झटिति / jhatka