Jat

(jät)

A member of a peasant caste residing in the Punjab and other areas of northern India and Pakistan, comprising Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh groups.

[Hindi jāṭ, from Middle Indic *jaṭṭa-; probably akin to Sanskrit Jartikaḥ, name of a tribe.]

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Jat

(dʒɑːt)

n, pl Jat or Jats

(Peoples) a member of an Indo-European people widely dispersed throughout N India

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Jat

(dʒɑt, dʒɔt)

n.

a member of an agricultural caste or cluster of castes of the Punjab, Haryana, and adjacent parts of NW India and Pakistan.

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Jat - a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

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'There is no room even for a mouse,' shrilled the wife of a well- to-do cultivator - a Hindu Jat from the rich Jullundur, district.

'My brother is in a Jat regiment,' said the cultivator.

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This incident is the continuation of a four-decade old enmity between the families of former MNA late Chaudhry Ilyas Jat and Gojra former MNA Amjad Warraich, which had almost ended after more than 100 murders from both groups with the death of Jat in 2015.

Four-decade-old Jat-Warraich enmity rears its head again

New Delhi (India), July 2 ( ANI ): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against 51 persons accusing them of attacking the residence Haryana minister Captain Abhimanyu Singh during the 2016 Jat agitation.

Jat reservation: 51 charged with sedition, rioting for violence at Capt Abhimanyu's house

Speaking exclusively to M AIL T ODAY , president of the All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti ( AIJASS) Yashpal Malik said the protests had resumed in Haryana on Sunday and it would begin in Jat- dominated areas of Delhi from Monday.

Jat stir to move beyond Haryana

Serbia is aiming to offload loss-making state firms, including JAT, Galenika pharmaceuticals and the Zelezara Smederevo steel mill, to keep 2013 budget deficit at about 4.7 per cent of output and secure growth of up to 3 per cent.

Etihad close to Serbia airlines deal

MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study was conducted on the subjects from the two ethnic communities Meena and Jat of Rajasthan.

A comparative study of nasal ergonomics of two ethical groups

Belgrade-based JAT and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad may soon decide on a form of cooperation "depending on Etihad's plans for southeastern Europe," JAT general manager Vladimir Ognjenovic told reporters in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Etihad and Serbia's JAT in investment discussions

The minister said that the government will seek to begin final discussions with BAS, which owns a minority stake in troubled Air Baltic, by December and if the proposed sale fails, it will create aA debt-free entity with the profit-making resources of JAT.

Serbia's JAT Airways to be restructured if not sold to BAS

* RO3: To investigate perceptions about the JAT program.

The Japanese assistant teacher program in Western Australia: a consideration of the pros and cons