Jay vs Jat - What's the difference?
jay | jat |
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus'', ''Cyanocitta , allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
Other birds of similar appearance and behavior.
(archaic) A dull or ignorant person.
(slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
* 2009 , (Caitlin Moran), The Times , 23 Mar 2009:
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.[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/jat.html]
A member of an Indo-European people living in the Punjab, northwestern India, and Pakistan.[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/jat.html][http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jat]
A Indo-Scythian descendant of the Scythian Massagetae and Getae tribes.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.
As a proper noun jay
is a nickname for james, jason, or for any male name beginning with a "j"; also used as a formal given name.As a noun jat is
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) jay, from (etyl) jai . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- Although sympathetic, my main reaction was to think: “Some people can handle it, and some people can’t,” and then smugly light up a big fat jay .