gotra
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gotra
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1875–80
Example Sentences
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By the time the fathers discovered that their families were of the same gotra, or subcaste, generally making marriage taboo, their children had texted and emailed enough that they were hooked.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2015
Khap panchayats generally govern a cluster of villages whose dominant population is from a single gotra, or clan, but make decisions for all castes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2012
"I cannot get my daughter married off to anyone with my gotra or my wife's gotra or my mother's gotra or my grandmother's gotra," Raghuvir Singh said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2012
The Parwārs have twelve gotras or main sections, and each gotra has, or is supposed to have, twelve muls or subsections.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
The relationship in the gotra now only goes by the father’s side; when a woman marries she is taken into the clan of her husband and her children belong to it.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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