Word.ws English Dictionary

tribe meaning in Kannada

ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು

/tɹaɪb/

tribe in Kannada: ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು, ಗಿರಿಜನ, ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಕುಲ. 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.

Kannada words for tribe

ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು, ಗಿರಿಜನ, ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಕುಲ

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 Kannada

What is the meaning of tribe in Kannada?
Tribe in Kannada is ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು, ಗಿರಿಜನ, ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಕುಲ.
tribe ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Tribe: ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು, ಗಿರಿಜನ, ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಕುಲ.
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.

Source and license

Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: tribe (page history and authors). 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 Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-tribe.ogg.

Cite this page: “tribe meaning in Kannada.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kannada/tribe. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.