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jati

[ jah-tee ]

noun

, Hinduism.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jati1

From the Sanskrit word jāti
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Example Sentences

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.

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