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jātiṁ

jāti

accusative singular feminine of jāti (noun)

1. birth
2. becoming
3. rebirth; caste, social station
4. mode of being, type or kind

Built from

• jā — root · be born, come into being
  Indo-European *gen-; English kin, genus, Latin gignere, Greek genos. Central to the teaching of repeated birth (jāti-jarā-maraṇa) as the ground of dukkha.
• ti — ending · nominalization suffix
  Converts the root into an abstract noun meaning the state or fact of being born.
• ṁ — ending · accusative case singular
  Marks the noun as the direct object or goal of the verb in the sentence.

Analysis. Simple noun in accusative case (jāti + -ṁ); no compound or contraction.

Etymology. From √jan "to be born", cognate with English "kin", Latin "genus", Greek "genos". The root sense of coming-into-being or lineage underlies both rebirth (the central sutta doctrine of how suffering perpetuates) and caste (one's birth-determined station).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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