As a Hindi name

जात · noun · masculine

जन्म · पुत्र । बेटा · चार प्रकार के पारिभाषिक पुत्रों में से एक । वह पुत्र जिसमें उसकी माता के से गुण हों — Śabdasāgara

जात · adj

उत्पन्न । जन्मा हुआ । जैसे, जलजात · व्यक्त । प्रकट · प्रशस्त । अच्छा — Śabdasāgara

ज़ात · feminine

essence; nature (characteristic); substance; body

Platts (p. 369) also records: Born, brought into existence, brought forth, engendered, grown, produced

Cited formation "जात" is जा + -त: जा means "co-sister-in-law; husband's younger brother's wife", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table

Cited formation "जात" is जाना + -त: जाना means "to go, leave, depart", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table

a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Classical Persian ذات (zāt), from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record