जाति

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जाति (jātí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.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

Declension

Declension of जाति
	Singular	Plural
Direct	जाति (jāti)	जातियाँ (jātiyā̃)
Oblique	जाति (jāti)	जातियों (jātiyõ)
Vocative	जाति (jāti)	जातियो (jātiyo)

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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 (Burmese script)
• ชาติ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊາຕິ (Lao script)
• ជាតិ (Khmer script)

Noun

जाति f

1. Devanagari script form of jāti

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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

• ᬚᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• জাতি (Bengali script)
• জাতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• જાતિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦗꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• ಜಾತಿ (Kannada script)
• ဇာတိ (Burmese script)
• ଜାତି (Oriya script)
• ꢙꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• జాతి (Telugu script)
• ཛཱཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जाति • (jātí) 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 jātyā̀	जातिभ्याम् jātíbhyām	जातिभिः jātíbhiḥ
Dative	जातये / जात्ये¹ / जात्यै² jātáye / jātyè¹ / jātyaì²	जातिभ्याम् jātíbhyām	जातिभ्यः jātíbhyaḥ
Ablative	जातेः / जात्याः² jātéḥ / jātyā̀ḥ²	जातिभ्याम् jātíbhyām	जातिभ्यः jātíbhyaḥ
Genitive	जातेः / जात्याः² jātéḥ / jātyā̀ḥ²	जात्योः jātyóḥ	जातीनाम् jātīnā́m
Locative	जातौ / जात्याम्² jātaú / jātyā̀m²	जात्योः jātyóḥ	जातिषु jātíṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Borrowed terms

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