clan meaning in Tamil
பொது முன்னோனை உடைய கூட்டுக்குழு
UK/klæn/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/klan/
clan in Tamil: பொது முன்னோனை உடைய கூட்டுக்குழு, குடும்பக் குழு, குலம். 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.
Tamil words for clan
- பொது முன்னோனை உடைய கூட்டுக்குழு, குடும்பக் குழு, குலம்
English meaning of clan
- noun A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- noun A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
- noun Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
- noun Traditional main matrilineal subunit of the Minangkabau people (suku) esp. in Negeri Sembilan.
clan in a sentence
- Near-synonym: canton (uncommon outside of certain dialects)
Synonyms of clan
clan in other languages
Questions about clan in Tamil
- What is the meaning of clan in Tamil?
- Clan in Tamil is பொது முன்னோனை உடைய கூட்டுக்குழு, குடும்பக் குழு, குலம்.
- clan என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Clan: பொது முன்னோனை உடைய கூட்டுக்குழு, குடும்பக் குழு, குலம்.
- 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.
Source and license
Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: clan (page history and authors). 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 Tamil 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-clan.ogg.
Cite this page: “clan meaning in Tamil.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tamil/clan. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.