Jat

noun

ˈjät 

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

Examples of Jat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

The Jat protests in Haryana are likely to influence similar struggles in other north Indian states in which Jats are found. — Kanchan Chandra, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2016

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu Jāṭ

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined above