Ethnology

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/ɛθnˈɑlədʒiː/ · एथ्नॉलजी

Meaning

Study of cultures

Branch of anthropology dealing with societies and cultures

हिंदी अर्थ

नृजाति विज्ञान, विभिन्न जनसमूहों का अध्ययन

Example sentences

Ethnology traces how customs travelled.

He shifted from history to ethnology.

Daily use: Ethnology mein alag alag samuh padhe jate hain.

Word forms
Ethnology nEthnologist nEthnological adj
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Ethnology = 'ethnic' + '-logy' (अध्ययन)। हर ethnic group के अपने रीति-रिवाज़, खाना और त्योहार होते हैं; इन अलग-अलग जनसमूहों और cultures का अध्ययन Ethnology है।

ETHNOLOGY is simply 'ethnic' + '-logy' (study). Ethnic groups have their own customs, food and festivals, and the study of these different peoples and cultures is ethnology.

Exam note

-logy family साथ रखिए: ethnology (जनसमूह/संस्कृति), anthropology (मनुष्य), sociology (समाज), demography (जनसंख्या), ecology (पर्यावरण)।

Keep the -logy family together: ethnology (peoples and cultures), anthropology (mankind), sociology (society), demography (population) and ecology (environment).

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