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forefathers

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
पूर्विण pUrviNa
adj.
 derived from ancestors or fore-fathers
पैतामह paitAmaha
m.
 forefathers
पूर्वपूर्व pUrvapUrva
m.
 forefathers
पितृ pitR
m.
 forefathers
पितृगृह pitRgRha
n.
 house of the forefathers (ancestors)
Monier Williams
English
FOREFATHERS,
s.
pl.
 पूर्व्वाः
m.
pl.
 , पूर्व्वपुरुषाः
m.
pl.
 , पूर्व्वजाः
m.
pl.
 ,
पितृलोकः, पितरः
m.
pl.
 , पितृपितामहादि
n.
 , वृद्धाः
m.
pl.
‘practice
of forefathers, ’ वृद्धाचारः.
Borooah
English
FORE-FATH ERS:
(1) पूर्वजाः (m.
pl.
 )
(2) पूर्व-
पुरुषाः
(3) पूर्वा,
Vi.
अमरकोशः
Sanskrit
Word: पिता
Root: पितृ
Gender: पुं
Number: all
Meaning(s):
⇒ father
⇒ parents
⇒ ancestors
⇒ forefathers
⇒ fathers [pl.]
⇒ father and uncles
⇒ paternal ancestors
⇒ father and mother [du.]
⇒ father and his brothers
⇒ particular child's-demon
⇒ pitRs or deceased ancestors
Shloka(s):
2|6|28|2 ► स्वजाते त्वौरसोरस्यौ तातस्तु जनकः पिता॥ (मनुष्यवर्गः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 2|6|28|2 ⇢ तातः (तात) (पुं) ⇒ dad, daddy, father, addressed to several persons, also used as vocative plural, term of affection addressed to a junior or senior [voc.]
➠ 2|6|28|2 ⇢ जनकः (जनक) (पुं) ⇒ father, causing, begetting, producing, generating, progenitor, generative, kind of measure, of another king, parent [computer], of several official men, name of a disciple of bhagavat, name of another king of mithilA
➠ 2|6|28|2 ⇢ पिता (पितृ) (पुं) ⇒ father, parents, ancestors, forefathers, fathers [pl.], father and uncles, paternal ancestors, father and mother [du.], father and his brothers, particular child's-demon, pitRs or deceased ancestors
Related word(s):
परा_अपरासंबन्धः ➡ पुरुषः
जातिः ➡ मनुष्यः