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

1. 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