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jātiyo

jāti

fem nom pl of jāti (noun); fem acc pl of jāti (noun); fem voc pl of jāti (noun); masc nom sg of jātiya (adj)

1. jāti (fem): birth; rebirth; conception
2. jāti (fem): class; caste; social status; lit. birth
3. jāti (fem): age; years; lit. birth
4. jāti (fem): type; kind; category (of)
5. jātiya (adj): of nature; of type; of class; of category; lit. of birth

Built from

• jā — root · be born
  The bare root expresses coming into existence, being born. Cognate with Sanskrit jan-, Greek gen- (genos), Latin gen- (genus), and English born, kin.
• ti — ending · abstract noun
  Feminine nominalization suffix forming action nouns or concrete results. Converts the action 'to be born' into the abstract notion of birth or a class defined by birth.

Etymology. From √jan (to be born, to come into being). Related to Sanskrit janman (birth), Greek genos (race, kind, family; cf. English genus, genre), Latin genus, and English kin. The root √jan is the same Indo-European base found in English born and genus.

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

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