জাত
Bengali
Alternative forms
- জাইত (jait) – Varendra, Vaṅga
Etymology
Umlauted from earlier Middle Bengali জাইত (jait), ultimately a Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit জাতি (jāti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒat/, [d̪͡ʒat̪]
Noun
জাত • (jat)
- (Chiefly living things) type; quality
- Synonyms: ধরন (dhôrôn), রকম (rôkôm)
- এটা খুব ভাল জাতের আম
- eṭa khub bhalo jater am
- This is a mango of very good quality
- ethnicity; community; race; jati; caste
- Synonyms: জাতি (jati), বর্ণ (bôrno)
- ও নিজের জাত ভুলেছে
- o nijer jat bhuleche
- He has forgotten his own community
- (Biology) breed; species, genus
- Synonym: প্রজাতি (prôjati)
- এটা কোন জাতের ঘোড়া?
- eṭa kon jater ghoṛa?
- Of which breed is this horse?
Prefix
জাত • (jat-)
- authentic; chief; best; skilled
- তিনি ছিলেন জাতকবি
- tini chilen jat kobi
- He was an authentic poet
References
- Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
- Samsad Bangala Abhidhana, Sailendra Biswas, University of Chicago