ชาติ

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, Modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Developing from "birth" meaning, ชาติ has been used to refer to "group of people" since the late 18th century, while the sense of "national political community" came into use in 1880s.

Noun

 * 1)  birth; nativity; origin.
 * 2) life, especially in terms of reincarnation.
 * 3)  very long time; eon; age.
 * 4) race; clan.
 * 5)  nationality; citizenship.
 * 6) nationals, citizens, or inhabitants collectively.
 * 7) nation; country; state.
 * 8) nature; character.
 * 9)  type; kind; sort; class; group; variety; category.
 * 1) nation; country; state.
 * 2) nature; character.
 * 3)  type; kind; sort; class; group; variety; category.

Synonyms

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