Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jatra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: ja-tra
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An annual village festival in Maharashtra, India.

Countable

noun

A form of Bengali theater.

Uncountable

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit यात्रा (yātrā), cf. Bengali যাত্রা (jatra).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: यात्रा

Usage

Inflected Forms

jatras (plural)

Synonyms

urus

Questions

What does jatra mean?: An annual village festival in Maharashtra, India.
Where does jatra come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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