Alternative spellings of this word include Jot.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jōṭa (जोट) [or ठ, ṭha].—m A coarse and thick cotton stuff. 2 (In the māvaḷa) Alluvial soil.

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jōta (जोत).—n C (yuta S) A yoke (of oxen applied). v bāndha, lāva, lāga. Pr. puḍhīla jōta tasēṃ māgīla jōta. 2 The plough as worked by a yoke of oxen. Ex. jōta cālalēṃ-dharalēṃ-paḍalēṃ-suṭalēṃ.

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jōta (जोत).—f (jyōti S) Light: also brightness, brilliancy, splendor, shine. 2 Lustre or brilliancy (of gems): gloss (of cloths): temper (of weapons, tools, metals): strength, force, vigor, spirit, goodness, substantialness (in rain, heat, crops, substances, men, animals, occupations, trades). Used largely. 3 By meton. An illustrious personage or a celebrated place; as hā sādhu or hēṃ dēvasthāna mōṭhī jōta. 4 A burning in the throat. v lāga. jōta dharaṇēṃ To acquire lustre, splendor, force, strength.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

jōṭa (जोट) [-ṭha, -ठ].—m A coarse and thick cotton stuff.

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jōta (जोत).—n A yoke. f Light, splendour, lustre, vigour, spirit.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Jota (जोत).—(-jota), semi-MIndic for -jyota (§ 2.8) = Sanskrit -dyota (as kha-dy°), light: su-jota-caraṇo Mahāvastu i.156.13 (verse); so all mss., Senart em. °dyota.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Jota (जोत) [Also spelled jot]:—(nf) tillage, holding; flame; ~[dāra] a land-holder, tiller; —[se jota jale] one flame kindles another.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Joṭa (ಜೊಟ):—[noun] the sharp, acid taste of lemon juice, vinegar, tamarind fruit or other green fruit, etc. sour taste.

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Jōta (ಜೋತ):—[noun] the act of joining both the palms together as in reverence or greeting.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Jotaane-jhaar, Jotadara, Jotaga, Jotage, Jotaha, Jotai, Jotajata, Jotaka, Jotana, Jotane jhar, Jotane-jhaar, Jotane-jhar, Jotanta, Jotapota, Jotati, Jotaunu, Jotayamana.

Ends with: Aggipajjota, Bhujota, Dhammapajjota, Halojota, Indrajota, Isworojota, Jagatijota, Khajjota, Khanajota, Nangarajota, Pajjota, Pinjota, Rajota, Ratanajota, Telapajjota, Ujjota.

Full-text: Joti, Pitta, Jotta, Jot, Jotya, Dhanavadi, Jagatijota, Ghara, Ghar.

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