Vocabulary
Ancestral
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
of, belonging to, or inherited from an ancestor or ancestors.
Urdu meaning
آبائی، مورثی، جدامجد
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Figure that out.That year, a journalist friend requested some footage of the Muharram procession in my ancestral qasbah of Mustafabad about 100 kilometres from Lucknow.
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A gentle reminder about Iran
— 2026-02-03
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The land itself belongs to a man outside both communities, yet the attackers claimed ancestral rights and descended on the worker with violence.
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Village violence
— 2025-09-16
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Shah referred to a customary pressure known in the area as parchi or chaddar, under which women were coerced into relinquishing their right to ancestral property.
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Victory for women
— 2025-04-05
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The decision by the federal government to not do so was not wrong as in some cases, retired employees left the cities where they had been employed to return to their ancestral towns and villages.
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Saving EOBI
— 2025-03-18
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PESHAWAR: NWFP Senior Minister Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao was today [Feb 9] laid to rest amidst wails and cries by thousands of persons at his ancestral graveyard.
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Fifty years ago Sherpao buried
— 2025-02-10
Synonyms
inherited, hereditary, familial, lineal
Antonyms
nonheritable, noninheritable
Curator example
“the family’s ancestral home”
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