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clan meaning in Kannada

ಗೋತ್ರ gōtra

UK/klæn/

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British/klan/

clan in Kannada: ಗೋತ್ರ (gōtra). In English, clan means a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.

Kannada words for clan

clan, tribe, race, family
ಗೋತ್ರ gōtra

English meaning of clan

  1. noun A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
  2. noun A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
  3. noun Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
  4. noun Traditional main matrilineal subunit of the Minangkabau people (suku) esp. in Negeri Sembilan.

Full definition of clan

clan in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: canton (uncommon outside of certain dialects)

Synonyms of clan

clan in other languages

Questions about clan in Kannada

What is the meaning of clan in Kannada?
Clan in Kannada is ಗೋತ್ರ (gōtra).
clan ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Clan: ಗೋತ್ರ (gōtra).
What does clan mean in English?
Clan means a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.

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

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