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clan meaning in Urdu

برادری

UK/klæn/

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British/klan/

clan in Urdu: برادری, کنبہ, قبیلہ. 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.

Urdu words for clan

برادری, کنبہ, قبیلہ

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 Urdu

What is the meaning of clan in Urdu?
Clan in Urdu is برادری, کنبہ, قبیلہ.
clan کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Clan: برادری, کنبہ, قبیلہ.
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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Urdu words from Urdu 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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