សញ្ជាតិ

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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 edit

សញ្ជាតិ (sañciət)

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