Unisex · Punjabi · Sikh
Taranjot
ਤਰਨਜੋਤSay it TUR-un-jote
- Meaning
- Taran (crossing over, deliverance; a boat) joined with jot (light) Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- TUR-un-jote
- Written
- ਤਰਨਜੋਤ
- Other spellings
- Tarnjot
Taranjot
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Taranjot meaning
Taranjot (ਤਰਨਜੋਤ) is a Sikh unisex name of Punjabi origin, used for both girls and boys.
Taran (crossing over, deliverance; a boat) joined with jot (light)
Taranjot (ਤਰਨਜੋਤ) joins taran and jot. The Mahan Kosh gives taran (ਤਰਣ) as the act of crossing a river, a boat or raft that floats, and in a spiritual sense deliverance or salvation. Crossing the ocean of the world is a frequent image in the Guru Granth Sahib, and ਤਰਣ itself occurs on Ang 196. Jot, from Sanskrit jyotis, is light, the divine light within. Read together, the name suggests "the light that carries one across", or the light of deliverance. The town of Tarn Taran in Punjab, associated with Guru Arjan, shares the first word. Taranjot is a modern compound given to both boys and girls in Sikh families.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਤਰਣ · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਤਰਣ (srigranth.org) · Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 196 · Mahan Kosh, ਜੋਤਿ (srigranth.org)
How the name is built
- Taran ਤਰਣ: crossing over (a river); a boat; deliverance, salvation
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 196 - Jot ਜੋਤਿ: light; divine light; God; the soul's light
Mahan Kosh · Guru Granth Sahib Ang 13
Spellings
Taranjot · Tarnjot