Jotar

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Jotar (जोतड़) Jotad (जोतड़) gotra Jats live in Jaipur district in Rajasthan.

History

Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria) [1] writes that the Oxford English Dictionary (1977 ed.) gives a very faithful account of the variants available in they 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.[2]

Distribution in Rajasthan

Locations in Jaipur city

Sanganer,

Villages in Jaipur district

Jotad (जोतड़) jats live in villages: Jainagar Dhani (1), Jatawala (1), Jotarawala (12),

Notable persons

References

  1. The Jats:Their Origin, Antiquity and Migrations: P. 340
  2. Oxf. Dic. (1977), p. 588, Green and Gardner, q. by Ujagar Singh Mahil, Antiquity of Jat Race, pp. 12-13.

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