jati
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jati
From the Sanskrit word jāti
Example Sentences
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In the Indian caste system, an infinitely more elaborate hierarchy, the subcaste, or jati, to which a person was born established the occupation their family fulfilled, from cleaners of latrines to priests in the temples.
From New York Times
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