សញ្ជាតិ

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali sañjāti, Sanskrit सञ्जाति (sañjāti). Cognate with Thai สัญชาติ (sǎn-châat), Lao ສັນຊາດ (san sāt).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សញ្ជាតិ sñ̥jāti Phonemic ស័ញ-ជាត / ស័ញ-ជា-តិ s˘ñ-jāt / s˘ñ-jā-ti WT romanisation sañciət, sañciəteʼ (standard) IPA(key) /saɲ.ˈciət/ ~ /saɲ.ciə.teʔ/

Noun

សញ្ជាតិ • (sañciət)

1. citizenship, nationality
2. spontaneous creation, spontaneous growth, natural creation
3. original source, birth, origin