जोति

See also: जतु, जंतु, जात, ज़ात, जाती, ज़ाती, जाता, जाति, जित, जीत, जूता, जूति, and जोत

Old Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit ज्योति (jyoti).

Noun

जोति (joti) f

light
- c. 1420, Kabīr 77.1:
  एक जोति तैं सब उतपंना, कौंण वारंण कौंण सूदा
  eka joti ta͠i saba utapãnā, ka͠uṇa vārãṇa ka͠uṇa sūdā
  All have arisen from one light, who is a Brahmin and who is a Shudra?

Descendants

Hindustani: jot
Hindi: जोत

Urdu: جوت (jot)

Further reading

Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 535

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