जाति

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

Hindi

Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit जाति (jātí).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जाति • (jāti) f

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

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Nepali

Noun

जाति • (jāti)

1. ethnic group
2. race

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́aHtíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́áHtiš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”). Cognate with Latin gēns, Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis), Proto-Germanic *kinþiz.

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জাতি (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• জাতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဇာတိ (Burmese script)
• જાતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಾತಿ (Kannada script)
• ជាតិ (Khmer script)
• ຊາຕິ (Lao script)
• ജാതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଜାତି (Odia script)
• ꢙꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ජාති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஜாதி (Tamil script)
• జాతి (Telugu script)
• ชาติ (Thai script)
• ཛཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː.tí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɑː.t̪i/

Noun

जाति • (jātí) stem, f

1. birth, production
2. rebirth
3. the form of existence (as man, animal, etc.) fixed by birth
4. position assigned by birth, rank, caste, family, race, lineage
5. kind, genus (opposed to species), species (opposed to individual), class
6. the generic properties (opposed to the specific ones)
7. the character of a species, genuine or true state of anything
8. reduction of fractions to a common denominator
9. a self-confuting reply (founded merely on similarity or dissimilarity)
10. a particular figure of speech
11. a class of metres
12. a manner of singing
13. fireplace
14. mace, nutmeg

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of जाति (jātí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जातिः jātíḥ	जाती jātī́	जातयः jātáyaḥ
Vocative	जाते jā́te	जाती jā́tī	जातयः jā́tayaḥ
Accusative	जातिम् jātím	जाती jātī́	जातीः jātī́ḥ
Instrumental	जात्या / जाती¹ jātyā́ / jātī́¹	जातिभ्याम् jātíbhyām	जातिभिः jātíbhiḥ
Dative	जातये / जात्यै² / जाती¹ jātáye / jātyaí² / jātī́¹	जातिभ्याम् jātíbhyām	जातिभ्यः jātíbhyaḥ
Ablative	जातेः / जात्याः² / जात्यै³ jātéḥ / jātyā́ḥ² / jātyaí³	जातिभ्याम् jātíbhyām	जातिभ्यः jātíbhyaḥ
Genitive	जातेः / जात्याः² / जात्यै³ jātéḥ / jātyā́ḥ² / jātyaí³	जात्योः jātyóḥ	जातीनाम् jātīnā́m
Locative	जातौ / जात्याम्² / जाता¹ jātaú / jātyā́m² / jātā́¹	जात्योः jātyóḥ	जातिषु jātíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Borrowed terms

• English: jati
• Hindi: जाति (jāti)
• Lao: ຊາດ (sāt)
• Malay: jadi
• Nepali: जाति (jāti)
• Telugu: జాతి (jāti)
• Thai: ญาติ (yâat), ชาติ (châat)