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jāti

fem nom sg of jāti (noun); fem voc sg of jāti (noun)

1. birth; rebirth; conception
2. class; caste; social status; lit. birth
3. age; years; lit. birth
4. type; kind; category (of)

Etymology. √jan > jā + ti; from √jan 'be born, produce'; Sanskrit jāti [jan]

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

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