{"id":99,"date":"2008-02-28T22:53:41","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T17:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/gatka\/word_gatka\/"},"modified":"2015-03-11T19:24:38","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T13:54:38","slug":"word_gatka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"The Word &#8216;Gatka&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Amrit Pal Singh &#8216;Amrit&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>Many scholars believe that the word &#8216;<em>Gatka<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nis originated from Persian word &#8216;<em>Khutka<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few words, which are used to name<br \/>\nweapons of a particular category. These words belong to different languages,<br \/>\nbut they clearly look similar. In the list of such words, include &#8216;<em>Gadd<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Gada<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\n&#8216;<em>Gadka<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Gatka<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\n&#8216;<em>Khutka<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Khutak<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nand &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216;. The word &#8216;<span\nclass=SpellE><em>Gada<\/em>&#8216; belongs to <em>Sanskrit<\/em><\/p>\n<p>language, which is used in <em>Braj<\/em>, <em>Hindi<\/em><br \/>\nand <em>Punjabi<\/em> as well. It has been used in <em>Sri Guru Granth<br \/>\nSahib Ji<\/em>: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greebi<\/strong><strong> Gadaa<br \/>\nHamaari.<\/strong><br \/>\n(<em>Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji<\/em>,<br \/>\npage 628). <\/p>\n<p>The word &#8216;<em>Gadd<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nhas been used for &#8216;<em>Gada<\/em>&#8216; in <em>Sri Dasam Granth Sahib<\/em>. <em>Khutka<\/em>&#8216; and &#8216;<em>Khutak<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nare Persian words. The Word &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216; has<br \/>\nbeen used in <em>Sri Dasam Granth<\/p>\n<p>Sahib<\/em> and other Sikh texts, like <em>Sri Sarbloh Granth<\/em>. &#8216;<em>Gadka<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nis a Hindi word. Punjabi form of word &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nor &#8216;<em>Gadka<\/em>&#8216; is &#8216;<em>Gatka<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>All of these words belong to a same origin.<br \/>\nPassing through hundreds of years, these words have taken their present shapes.<br \/>\nOne word in this list seems older. It is &#8216;<em>Gada<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\nwhich has been used in ancient literature of <em>Sanskrit<\/em><br \/>\nlanguage. <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Turkish<\/em> form of word &#8216;<em>Khutka<\/em>&#8216; is &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216;.<br \/>\nI think word &#8216;<em>Gatka<\/em>&#8216; is nearer to the word &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nthan &#8216;<em>Khutka<\/em>&#8216;. The word &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216; itself is used in Punjabi and <em>Braj<\/em><em> Bhasha<\/em>. We<br \/>\nfind this word in <em>Sri Dasam Granth<\/p>\n<p>Sahib<\/em> and <em>Sarbloh<\/em><em> Granth<\/em><br \/>\nas well. Other Sikh writers have used this word. <\/p>\n<p>If a few words belong to same origin, there must<br \/>\nbe a few similarities as well in them. The words &#8216;<em>Gadd<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\n&#8216;<em>Gada<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Gadka<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\n&#8216;<em>Gatka<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Khutka<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Khutak<\/em>&#8216; and &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nare not an exceptional case. <\/p>\n<p>The consonants in <em>Devnagari<\/em><br \/>\nand <em>Gurmukhi<\/em> scripts are divided in &#8216;<em>Vargs<\/em>&#8216;, like &#8216;<em>Ka-varg<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\n&#8216;<em>Cha-varg<\/em>&#8216;, &#8216;<em>Ta-varg<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\n&#8216;<em>Ta-varg<\/em>&#8216; and &#8216;<em>Pa-varg<\/em>&#8216;. Each &#8216;<em>Varg<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\ncontains five letters. Many a time, the first letter of a &#8216;<em>Varg<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nchanges to the third letter of same &#8216;<em>Varg<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\nwhen other language adopts a word. <\/p>\n<p>For example, Arabic word &#8216;<em>Gaff<\/em>&#8216; becomes &#8216;<em>Kaff<\/em>&#8216; in<br \/>\nold Punjabi. &#8216;<em>K<\/em>&#8216; (<span style='font-family:GGSGURMUKHI'>k) is the<br \/>\nfirst and &#8216;<em>G<\/em>&#8216; (<span style='font-family:GGSGURMUKHI'>g) is the<br \/>\nthird letter of a same &#8216;<em>Varg<\/em>&#8216;. Here, &#8216;<em>G<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nis changed to &#8216;<em>K<\/em>&#8216;. <\/p>\n<p>Another example is <em>Sanskrit<\/em> word &#8216;<em>Pitr<\/em>&#8216;, which becomes &#8216;<em>Pidar<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nin Persian. The letters &#8216;<em>T<\/em>&#8216; and &#8216;<em>D<\/em>&#8216; belong to a<br \/>\nsame &#8216;<em>Varg<\/em>&#8216;, where &#8216;<em>T<\/em>&#8216; is the<br \/>\nfirst and &#8216;<em>D<\/em>&#8216; is the third letter. Same rule applies, when &#8216;<em>Sanskri<\/em>t&#8217;<br \/>\nword &#8216;<em>Maatr<\/em>&#8216; becomes &#8216;<em>Maadar<\/em>&#8216; in Persian. <\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the letter &#8216;<em>K<\/em>&#8216; is changed to &#8216;<em>G<\/em>&#8216;,<br \/>\nwhen the word &#8216;<em>Kutka<\/em>&#8216; adopted a new<br \/>\nform and became &#8216;<em>Gatka<\/em>&#8216; in Punjabi. &#8216;<em>K<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>\nis the first and &#8216;<em>G<\/em>&#8216; is the third letter of a same &#8216;<em>Varg<\/em>&#8216;.<br \/>\nHere, &#8216;<em>G<\/em>&#8216; is changed to &#8216;<em>K<\/em>&#8216;. <\/p>\n<p>The words change their forms when they go to<br \/>\nother languages. There are many rules and other reasons behind it. <em>Sanskrit<\/em><br \/>\nword &#8216;<em>Pitr<\/em>&#8216; becomes &#8216;<em>Pidar<\/em>&#8216; in Persian and &#8216;<em>Father<\/em>&#8216; in<br \/>\nEnglish. It is a vide subject, so discussion on this topic is not possible<br \/>\nhere. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Amrit Pal Singh &#8216;Amrit&#8217;) Many scholars believe that the word &#8216;Gatka&#8216; is originated from Persian word &#8216;Khutka&#8216;. There are a few words, which are used to name weapons of a particular category. These words belong to different languages, but they clearly look similar. In the list of such words, include &#8216;Gadd&#8216;, &#8216;Gada&#8216;, &#8216;Gadka&#8216;, &#8216;Gatka&#8216;, &#8216;Khutka&#8216;, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428,"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/2428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amritworld.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}