ជាតិ

See also: ជូត and ជិត

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “race, family, caste, species”) or equivalent Pali jāti.

Pronunciation

Orthographic ជាតិ jāti Phonemic ជាត / ជា-តិ jāt / jā-ti WT romanisation ciət, ciəteʼ (standard) IPA(key) /ciət/ ~ /ciə.ˈteʔ/

Noun

ជាតិ • (ciət)

1. race
2. nationality, nation
3. birth, incarnation, rebirth, reincarnation, origin
4. life, existence
5. descent, lineage, family
6. rank, quality
7. matter, substance, material
8. kind, species
9. taste, flavor
10. essence, essential constituent

Derived terms

• ជីវជាតិ (ciivĕəʼciət)

See also

• វង្ស (vŭəng)

Adjective

ជាតិ • (ciət) (abstract noun ភាពជាតិ)

1. to be national, to pertain to the nation

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)
• ชาติ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊາຕິ (Lao script)
• 𑄎𑄂𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

ជាតិ f

1. Khmer script form of jāti