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clan meaning in Malayalam

കുലം kulaṁ

UK/klæn/

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British/klan/

clan in Malayalam: കുലം (kulaṁ), കുടി (kuṭi). 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.

Malayalam words for clan

clan
കുലം kulaṁ
clan, tribe
കുടി kuṭi

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 Malayalam

What is the meaning of clan in Malayalam?
Clan in Malayalam is കുലം (kulaṁ), കുടി (kuṭi).
clan എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Clan: കുലം (kulaṁ), കുടി (kuṭi).
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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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “clan”: കുടി, കുലം. 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 Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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