Boy · Punjabi · Sikh
Jagtar
ਜਗਤਾਰSay it JUG-taar
- Meaning today
- One who ferries people across the world-ocean
- Original meaning
- "jag, the world, with tār, from tāraṇ, carrying across, deliverance" Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- JUG-taar
- Written
- ਜਗਤਾਰ
Jagtar
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Jagtar meaning
Jagtar (ਜਗਤਾਰ) is a Sikh boy's name of Punjabi origin.
Jag, the world, with tār, from tāraṇ, carrying across, deliverance
Also used to mean: one who ferries people across the world-ocean
Jagtar (ਜਗਤਾਰ) is a Punjabi boys' name whose first part is jag, the world. The second is usually read as tār, from tāraṇ, which the Mahan Kosh defines as ferrying across, and so as rescue and deliverance; in Gurbani God and the Guru are often pictured as the boat that carries souls over the world-ocean. Sikh name lists accordingly give Jagtar as one who ferries people across the world-ocean. The compound is not in the Mahan Kosh, and tār alone can also mean a star, so this reading is likely, not certain. The Punjabi poet Jagtar carried the name.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਤਾਰਣ · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਤਾਰਣ (srigranth.org) · Mahan Kosh, ਜਗ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 433 · Mahan Kosh, ਤਾਰ (srigranth.org) · Wikipedia, Jagtar (poet)
Famous namesakes
- Jagtar, Punjabi poet
How the name is built
- Jag ਜਗ: the world, the universe; people (Sanskrit jagat)
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 6 - Tar ਤਾਰਣ: ferrying across; rescue, deliverance; a boat
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 433