សញ្ជាតិ

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali sañjāti, Sanskrit सञ्जाति (sañjāti). Cognate with Thai สัญชาติ (sǎn-châat), Lao ສັນຊາດ (san sāt).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic សញ្ជាតិ
sñ̥jāti
Phonemic ស័ញ-ជាត / ស័ញ-ជា-តិ
s˘ñ-jāt / s˘ñ-jā-ti
WT romanisation sañciət, sañciəteʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /saɲ.ˈciət/ ~ /saɲ.ciə.teʔ/

Noun

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សញ្ជាតិ (sañciət)

  1. citizenship, nationality
  2. spontaneous creation, spontaneous growth, natural creation
  3. original source, birth, origin