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Where does “జడ” come from?

జడ (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit जट, from Portuguese gentio, from Latin genitivus, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

జడ (Telugu): Hair plaited or braided in coils, matted hair

Definitions

  1. Hair plaited or braided in coils, matted hair

Ancestry of “జడ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजट—
2Portuguesegentiogentile; heathen
3LatingenitivusAlternative form of genetīvus; pertaining to...
4Latingenitusbegotten; engendered; produced
5Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
7Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
8Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “జడ”

  • జడవాయువు
  • జడకట్టు
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