ancestral
/ænˈsestrəl/adjective
उच्चारण ऐन्सेस्ट्रल
पैतृक
Core word
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connected with or that belonged to people in your family who lived a long time ago
पैतृक
- ancestral property
- The family still lives in their ancestral home in a small village in Rajasthan.
- Every year, the family returns to its ancestral village for the festival.
+ 2 more examples
- He sold his ancestral land to build a school.
- Their ancestral temple is more than three centuries old.
Synonyms inherited hereditary family familial
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
ancestral + noun
Ancestral stands before a noun and means 'belonging to your ancestors or family from long ago'.
'Ancestral' noun से पहले आता है और इसका अर्थ है 'पूर्वजों का या बहुत पहले के परिवार का'।
- They live in the ancestral house in the village.
- The land is ancestral property.
ancestral home / land / property
These are the most common fixed phrases: homes, land and property passed down in a family.
ये सबसे आम निश्चित phrases हैं: परिवार में पीढ़ी-दर-पीढ़ी चली आ रही घर, भूमि और संपत्ति।
- He sold the ancestral land after his father died.
ancestral (adjective) / ancestor / ancestry
Ancestor is a person, ancestry is the line of family descent, and ancestral is the adjective.
'Ancestor' व्यक्ति है, 'ancestry' पारिवारिक वंश-परंपरा है और 'ancestral' adjective है।
- Her ancestors came from Rajasthan.
- He is proud of his ancestry.
ancestral vs hereditary
Ancestral is about the past family itself. Hereditary is about what is passed on, such as a title or a disease.
'Ancestral' बीते परिवार से जुड़ा है। 'Hereditary' उस चीज़ से जुड़ा है जो आगे दी जाती है, जैसे उपाधि या रोग।
- Colour blindness is hereditary.
- The fort is their ancestral home.
+Collocations 4
ancestral + noun
homevillagelandpropertyworshipheritage
- Every Diwali the family returns to its ancestral village.
verb + ancestral
inheritsellprotectvisitreturn to
- She inherited her ancestral jewellery.
ancestral + custom
traditioncustomsritualsmemoryvoice
- The festival follows ancestral customs.
adjective + ancestral
oldproudwealthydistantrural
- The distant ancestral lands were taken by the river.
“More examples 5
- Radhika spent her summer holidays at her ancestral home in Kerala.
राधिका ने अपनी गर्मियों की छुट्टियाँ केरल में अपने पुश्तैनी घर में बिताईं।
- The family fought over ancestral land.
परिवार पुश्तैनी ज़मीन को लेकर लड़ पड़ा।
- They keep alive an ancestral custom of lighting lamps on the river.
वे नदी पर दीप जलाने की पुश्तैनी परंपरा को जीवित रखते हैं।
- The ancestral temple is more than three hundred years old.
पुश्तैनी मंदिर तीन सौ वर्ष से अधिक पुराना है।
- He is the last member of the family to live in the ancestral village.
वह परिवार का अंतिम सदस्य है जो पुश्तैनी गाँव में रहता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Ancestral, hereditary and inherited all link the present to the past, but in different ways.
'Ancestral', 'hereditary' और 'inherited' तीनों वर्तमान को अतीत से जोड़ते हैं, पर अलग-अलग ढंग से।
Belonging to forefathers or the long-past family.
पूर्वजों या बहुत पहले के परिवार से संबंधित।
- an ancestral house
Passed from parent to child by birth or by law.
जन्म या कानून से माता-पिता से संतान को मिलने वाला।
- a hereditary disease
Received from someone after their death.
किसी के निधन के बाद उससे प्राप्त।
- an inherited fortune
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
§Grammar and usage
Usage: ancestral home or property (inherited from forefathers).
प्रयोग में ancestral home या property (पुरखों से मिली)।