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son

/sʌn/noun

उच्चारण सन

पुत्र, बेटा

Basic word

noun
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    [C]

    a person's male child

    पुत्र, बेटा

    • their eldest son
    • Their only son studies medicine in Delhi.
    • She is proud of her son, who won the quiz.
    + 1 more example
    • The farmer wanted his son to become a teacher.

    Synonyms boy offspring heir child beta

    Opposite daughter father

≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Homophone, asked very often: son (a male child) and sun (the star) are both /sʌn/.

Homophone में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: son (बेटा) और sun (सूर्य) दोनों /sʌn/ हैं।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Like father, like son, son of the soil (a person who comes from farming people or a particular region), a prodigal son (a son who wastes money and later returns home sorry).

Idioms: like father, like son, son of the soil (किसान परिवार या किसी विशेष क्षेत्र से आने वाला, धरतीपुत्र), a prodigal son (पैसा उड़ाकर बाद में पछताकर घर लौटने वाला बेटा)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

The husband of your daughter is your son-in-law; a son who will receive a title or property is an heir.

बेटी का पति son-in-law (दामाद); उपाधि या संपत्ति पाने वाला बेटा heir (उत्तराधिकारी)।