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clan meaning in Nepali

कुल kul

UK/klæn/

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British/klan/

clan in Nepali: कुल (kul). 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.

Nepali words for clan

group having common ancestor
कुल kul

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 Nepali

What is the meaning of clan in Nepali?
Clan in Nepali is कुल (kul).
clan को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
Clan: कुल (kul).
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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Adapted from Wiktionary: clan (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Nepali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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