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जाति — meaning in English

jāti

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English meaning

  • caste noun One of the hereditary social classes found historically in South Asian societies and elsewhere.
  • nation noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
  • race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
  • species noun A group of living things that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring; the basic unit of biological classification.

Senses

जाति is used for these senses in English:

  • race a large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage
  • caste hereditary social class
  • species group of plants or animals having similar appearance
  • nation sovereign state

caste — full definition

  1. noun One of the hereditary social classes found historically in South Asian societies and elsewhere.
  2. noun Any rigid, hereditary social division that limits people to a fixed class.

nation — full definition

  1. noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
  2. noun A country, especially as a political and territorial unit.

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