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adoption meaning in Punjabi

ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ grahiṇ

/əˈdɒp.ʃən/US/əˈdɑp.ʃən/

adoption in Punjabi: ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ (grahiṇ). In English, adoption means the act of adopting.

Punjabi words for adoption

adoption, acquisition, assimilation
ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ grahiṇ

English meaning of adoption

  1. noun The act of adopting.
  2. noun The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if they were one's own child.
  3. noun An admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
  4. noun The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.

Full definition of adoption

adoption in a sentence

  • A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
  • Another Chinese boy was put up for adoption.
  • the adoption of people into hospitals or monasteries

adoption in other languages

Questions about adoption in Punjabi

What is the meaning of adoption in Punjabi?
Adoption in Punjabi is ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ (grahiṇ).
adoption ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Adoption: ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ (grahiṇ).
What does adoption mean in English?
Adoption means the act of adopting.

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

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