A member of an agricultural people of N India and Pakistan.
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An Indo-European ethnic group of people native to Northern India and Pakistan(including large populations living in the EU, US, Canada, Australia and UK), that have attributes of an ethnic group, tribe and a people.
A member of a peasant caste residing in the Punjab and other areas of northern India and Pakistan, comprising Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh groups.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
jat
Plural:
jats
Origin of jat
Hindi jāṭfrom Middle Indic jaṭṭa-probably akin to Sanskrit Jartikaḥname of a tribe
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Jat Sentence Examples
All of these states are under Rajput rulers, except Tonk, which is Mahommedan, and Bharatpur and Dholpur, which are Jat.
On the dismemberment of the Delhi empire, Gwalior was seized by the Jat rana of Gohad.
Some authors consider that the Yue-Chi are the same as the Getae and that the original form of the name was Ytit or Get, which is also supposed to appear in the Indian Jat.
The Sikhs are principally drawn from the Arora, Jat and Ramgarhia tribes, but any one may become a Sikh by accepting the Sikh baptism.
This protection was subsequently withdrawn, the rana having been guilty of treachery, and in 1783 Sindhia succeeded in recapturing the fortress of Gwalior, and crushed his Jat opponent by seizing the whole of Gohad.