cognate Meaning and Definition

Urdu Meanings

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ہم اصل

hum asal

ہم جنس

hum jins

View English Meanings of: humasalhumjins

Definitions

English definition for cognate

1. n. a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

2. n. one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

3. s. related by blood

4. s. having the same ancestral language

5. s. related in nature

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In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. In etymology, the cognate category excludes doublets and loan words.
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