जाति

See also: जाता, जंतु, ज़ात, जीत, जूता, ज़ाती, and जाती

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis

Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí)bor.

Hindi जाति (jāti)

Borrowed from Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.t̪iː/, [d͡ʒäː.t̪iː]

Noun

जाति • (jāti) f (Urdu spelling جاتی)

1. birth
2. caste; subcaste, community; community placed in at birth
3. high caste
4. race
5. (taxonomy) species
6. tribe, nationality, lineage

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	जाति jāti	जातियाँ jātiyā̃
oblique	जाति jāti	जातियों jātiyõ
vocative	जाति jāti	जातियो jātiyo

Declension of जाति (fem i-stem)

Derived terms

• जातिगत (jātigat)
• जातिवाद (jātivād)
• जाति ना पूछो साधु की; पूछ लीजिए ज्ञान (jāti nā pūcho sādhu kī; pūch lījie jñān)

Related terms

taxonomic ranksedit

• प्रक्षेत्र (prakṣetra), अधिजगत (adhijgat)
• जगत (jagat)
• संघ (saṅgh)
• वर्ग (varg)
• गण (gaṇ)
• कुल (kul)
• वंश (vañś)
• जाति (jāti)

Nepali

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis

Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí)bor.

Nepali जाति (jāti)

Borrowed from Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zät̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: जाति

Noun

जाति • (jāti)

1. ethnic group
2. race

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• jāti (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• জাতি (Bengali script)
• ජාති (Sinhalese script)
• ဇာတိ or ၹႃတိ (Burmese script)
• ชาติ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊາຕິ (Lao script)
• ជាតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄂𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

जाति f

1. Devanagari script form of jāti