Jota
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Jota (जोटा)[1] [2][3][4] is a Muslim Jat clan found in Punjab province of Pakistan.
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Origin
Jota named villages
Jota village
- Jota named village is in Mungeli tahsil in Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.
- जोटा (जाट गोत्र - जोटा) : जोटा नाम का गाँव झारखंड के सराइकेला खरसावाँ जिले की राजनगर विकास-खंड में है।
History
Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria) [5] writes that the Oxford English Dictionary (1977 ed.) gives a very faithful account of the variants available in the old languages of the north-western European countries. In old English the were known as Juti, in early medieval Latin as Jutae, Juti (in plural) and Geta, in Icelandic as Jota and in Jutland, Denmark etc. as Jut as well as Jotar.[6]
Distribution in Pakistan
Jota are found in Khanewal district in Punjab province of Pakistan.
Notable persons
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. 59
- ↑ Ompal Singh Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.40,s.n. 932
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, p.301
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I,s.n. ज-59.
- ↑ The Jats:Their Origin, Antiquity and Migrations: P. 340
- ↑ Oxf. Dic. (1977), p. 588, Green and Gardner, q. by Ujagar Singh Mahil, Ant., of Jat Race., pp. 12-13.
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