gotra

[ goh-truh ]

noun

1. a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gotra¹

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1875–80

Example Sentences

P. S. Gotra of the Indian Army’s northern command, which includes the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.

From New York Times

Brigadier Gotra said on Tuesday that it was not clear whether the soldiers had been killed by the Pakistani Army, militants or a combination of the two.

From New York Times

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

The man and the woman belonged to the same Jat community and shared the same gotra - the sub-caste - which made them brother and sister, he explained politely.

From BBC

"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