cognates - Meaning in Malayalam

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cognate - Meaning in Malayalam

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Definitions and Meaning of cognates in English

cognate adjective

1. related by blood

   Synonyms

   akin, akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin, kin

   ഉറ്റബന്ധത്തിലുള്ള, കുടുംബബന്ധുവായ, രക്തബന്ധമുള്ള, രക്തബന്ധുവായ

2. having the same ancestral language

   Example

   • "cognate languages"
3. related in nature

   Synonyms

   connate

   Example

   • "connate qualities"

cognate noun

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

   Synonyms

   cognate word

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

   Synonyms

   blood relation, blood relative, sib, sib

Description

In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical effects on both the sound and the meaning of a word, cognates may not be obvious, and it often takes rigorous study of historical sources and the application of the comparative method to establish whether lexemes are cognate. Cognates are distinguished from loanwords, where a word has been borrowed from another language.

Also see "Cognate" on Wikipedia

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