Slave-born

/ˈsleɪv bɔːrn/

दास-जन्मा (गुलाम माता-पिता से जन्मा)

Origin & History

Formed in English as a compound of slave + born; used especially in historical/legal descriptions of inherited enslaved status.

अंग्रेज़ी में slave + born के संयोग से बना यौगिक शब्द; वंशानुगत दास‑स्थिति के ऐतिहासिक/कानूनी वर्णन में विशेष रूप से प्रयुक्त।

Definition

Describing a person who is born to parents who are enslaved, and therefore (in systems where status was inherited) was considered enslaved by birth; now chiefly historical or literary.

ऐसे व्यक्ति का वर्णन जो दास (गुलाम) माता‑पिता के यहाँ जन्मा हो और जिन व्यवस्थाओं में स्थिति वंशानुगत मानी जाती थी वहाँ जन्म से ही दास समझा जाता था; आज यह शब्द मुख्यतः ऐतिहासिक या साहित्यिक संदर्भों में मिलता है।

Parts of Speech

Adjective:
In the novel, the slave-born child grows up to challenge the empire.
उपन्यास में दास‑जन्मा बच्चा बड़ा होकर साम्राज्य को चुनौती देता है।

Usage Examples

The records classify him as slave-born, a status that limited his rights.
She traced her family history to ancestors described as slave-born in estate documents.
The term is used in historical writing to distinguish those enslaved from birth from those enslaved later.

Synonyms

Born a slave Born in slavery Slave-descended Of enslaved parentage

Antonyms

Related Forms

Noun
Slave / Slavery / Slaveholder / Enslavement

Idioms & Phrases

Not slave-born but slave-made (by circumstance)
जन्म से दास नहीं, परिस्थितियों ने दास बना दिया (भावार्थ)