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tribe meaning in Gujarati

જાત jāt

/tɹaɪb/

tribe in Gujarati: જાત (jāt). In English, tribe means an ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

Gujarati words for tribe

tribe
જાત jāt

English meaning of tribe

  1. noun An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
  2. noun A tribal nation or people.
  3. noun A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
  4. noun A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

Full definition of tribe

tribe in a sentence

  • the Twelve Tribes of Israel; Germanic tribes; Celtic tribes
  • The Formation of Kazakh Identity: From Tribe to Nation-state
  • Near-synonyms: nation; ingroup

Synonyms of tribe

tribe in other languages

Questions about tribe in Gujarati

What is the meaning of tribe in Gujarati?
Tribe in Gujarati is જાત (jāt).
tribe નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
Tribe: જાત (jāt).
What does tribe mean in English?
Tribe means an ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

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Gujarati words from Wiktionary's Gujarati entries whose English meaning is “tribe”: જાત. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tribe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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