Jat
See also: jat
English
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Alternative forms
edit- (dated) Jut
Etymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɑːt
Noun
editJat (plural Jats or Jat)
- A member of 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.[1]
- A member of an Indo-European people living in the Punjab, northwestern India, and Pakistan.[2][3]
- An Indo-Scythian descendant of the Scythian Massagetae and Getae tribes.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2008 October 31 (last accessed), archived from the original on 6 May 2008
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2008 October 31 (last accessed), archived from the original on 6 May 2008
- ^ [3]
- ^ Hewitt, J.F., The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, South-Western Asia and Southern Europe, Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1894, pp. 481-487.
- ^ Latif, S.M., History of the Panjab, Reprinted by Progressive Books, Lahore, Pakistan, 1984, first published in 1891, pp. 56.
- ^ Barstow, A.E., The Sikhs: An Ethnology, Reprinted by B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, India, 1985, first published in 1928, pp. 105-135, 63, 155, 152, 145.