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)

race
nationality, nation
birth, incarnation, rebirth, reincarnation, origin
life, existence
descent, lineage, family
rank, quality
matter, substance, material
kind, species
taste, flavor
essence, essential constituent

Derived terms

ជីវជាតិ (ciivĕəʼciət)

See also

វង្ស (vŭəng)

Adjective

ជាតិ • (ciət) (abstract noun ភាពជាតិ)

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

Khmer script form of jāti