ਜ਼ਾਤ
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- ਜਾਤ (jāt)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ذات, from Arabic.
Noun
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.
- Synonyms: ਬਰਾਦਰੀ (barādrī), ਜਿਨਸ (jinas), ਜੱਦ (jadda), ਕੁਲ (kul), ਬੰਸ (bans)
- Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Kabir, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 1364:
Related terms
- ਜ਼ਾਤੀ (zātī)
References
- “ਜ਼ਾਤ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਜ਼ਾਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.