: a member of an Indo-Aryan people of the Punjab and Uttar Pradesh

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Listen to this article Animal: Jat, 5-year-old, male Doberman Pinscher mix, #913658. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025 The occasion was the birth anniversary of Sir Chhotu Ram, a Hindu Jat leader widely revered by the peasantry in Punjab. Arunabh Saikia, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2021 Such threats were laid bare in February 2016, when members of the Jat caste seized a canal supplying water to Delhi in order to protest economic hardship and discrimination. Scott Moore, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2016

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu Jāṭ

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Jat was in 1622

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“Jat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jat. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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