جھٹکا

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀛𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁆 (jhaṭṭ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆- (-kk-).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: càṭkā IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə˨ʈ.käː/, [t͡ʃɐ˥˩ʈᵊ.käː]
• Rhymes: -äː

جَھٹْکا • (jhaṭkā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਟਕਾ)

1. shock, jerk, sudden stroke, jolt, shake (often violent and unexpected)
2. (figuratively) trauma, shock
3. (by extension) an incident, accident, calamity
4. (Sikhism) jhatka

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “جھٹکا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਝਟਕਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jhaṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 293

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀛𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁆 (jhaṭṭ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆- (-kk-).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱəʈ.kɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

جَھٹْکا • (jhaṭkā) m (Hindi spelling झटका)

1. shock, jerk, sudden stroke, jolt, shake (often violent and unexpected)
2. (figuratively) trauma, shock
3. (by extension) an incident, accident, calamity

• “جھٹکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جھٹکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jhaṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 293