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tribe meaning in Sanskrit

कुल kúla

/tɹaɪb/

tribe in Sanskrit: कुल (kúla), गोत्र (gotrá). 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.

Sanskrit words for tribe

tribe
कुल kúla
a tribe, subdivision s are reckoned and supposed to be sprung from and named after celebrated teachers, as शाण्डिल्य , कश्यप , गौतम , भरद्वाज , &c.) W
गोत्र gotrá

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 Sanskrit

What is the meaning of tribe in Sanskrit?
Tribe in Sanskrit is कुल (kúla), गोत्र (gotrá).
tribe इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Tribe: कुल (kúla), गोत्र (gotrá).
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.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “tribe”: कुल, गोत्र. 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 Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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