ชาติ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Noun

ชาติ f

1. Thai script form of jāti
2. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of jāti

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Thai

Etymology

From Pali jāti (“birth, origin; kind, sort; etc”), from Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “idem”). Cognate with Old Khmer jāti, Modern Khmer ជាតិ (ciət), Lao ຊາດ (sāt).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ชาติ d͡ʑ ā t i
Phonemic		ชาด d͡ʑ ā ɗ	[bound form] ชาด-ติ- d͡ʑ ā ɗ – t i –
Romanization	Paiboon	châat	châat-dtì-
	Royal Institute	chat	chat-ti-
(standard) IPA(key)		/t͡ɕʰaːt̚˥˩/(R)	/t͡ɕʰaːt̚˥˩.ti˨˩./
Homophones edit		ชาด ชาต

Noun

ชาติ • (châat)

1. (elegant, often in combination) birth; nativity; origin.
2. life, especially in terms of reincarnation.
   • 2021 December 15, “ด่วน! ประยุทธ์คุยกับปูขอให้ชาติหน้าเกิดเป็นคน”, in Catdumb‎^[1], Bangkok: Catdumb, retrieved 2021-12-18:

     ด่วน! ประยุทธ์คุยกับปูขอให้ชาติหน้าเกิดเป็นคน

     dùuan! · bprà-yút kui gàp bpuu kɔ̌ɔ hâi châat nâa gə̀ət bpen kon

     Breaking! Prayut talks to crabs, [saying he] wishes [them] to be born as humans [in their] next lives

3. (slang, humorous) very long time; eon; age.
   • ต้องรอเป็นชาติ

     dtɔ̂ng rɔɔ bpen châat

     [I] have to wait for eons.

4. race; clan.
5. (archaic) nationality; citizenship.
6. nationals, citizens, or inhabitants collectively.
7. nation; country; state.
8. nature; character.
9. (elegant, often in combination) type; kind; sort; class; group; variety; category.