Surname · Hindi
झा
“teacher”
झा (jhā) is a surname from Sauraseni Prakrit, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: jhā.
Meaning & origin
What it means
झा goes back to Sanskrit अध्यापक, meaning “teacher.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
झा comes from Sauraseni Prakrit, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
झा’s family of names
In Hindi usage, झा as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as jhā. In Hindi usage, झा as a surname has a transliteration in jhā.
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