As a deity name
Name 780 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 624 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
जाती · noun · feminine
चमेली · आमलकी । छोटा आँवला · मालती — Śabdasāgara
जाती · noun · masculine
हाथी । हस्ती (डिं॰) — Śabdasāgara
जाती · jātī · s.f.
The great-flowered jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum; mace, nutmeg — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 370
जाती · jātī · adj.
Relating or belonging to any species, genus, class, kind, caste, family, race, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 370
जाति · feminine
birth; caste; subcaste, community; community placed in at birth; high caste; race
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
Cited formation "जाती" is जा + -ती: जा means "co-sister-in-law; husband's younger brother's wife", and the suffix -ती forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(17) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जाती" is जाना + -ती: जाना means "to go, leave, depart", and the suffix -ती forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(17) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "जाती" is ज़ात + -ई: ज़ात means "essence", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí)bor. Hindi जाति Borrowed from Sanskrit जा॒ति (jātí).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti) Prakrit जाइ (jāi) Hindi जाना Inherited from Prakrit जाइ (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskri…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Jasminum grandiflorum
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jātī" is the nominative dual of "jāti" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jātī f. = ˚ti, q.v.
Jasminum grandiflorum, Hariv. 7891; Bhartṛ.; BhP. x; Amar.
mace, nutmeg, Suśr.; VarBṛS.
jātī The jasmine plant(mālatī).
jāti f. birth, production, AitBr. ii, 39; Mn.; MBh. (also ˚tī, xiii f.) &c.
re-birth, R. i, 62, 17; Kāraṇḍ. xxiii, 193
Alternative readings
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