dynasty

English

Etymology

From Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪnəsti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪnəsti/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dynasty (plural dynasties)

1. A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

   Synonyms: house, lineage

   Hapsburg dynasty; Ottoman dynasty

2. (East Asian history) The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.

   During the Ming dynasty, China was ruled by the Zhu family.

3. (sports) A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.

Derived terms

• dynastic
• dynastical
• dynastically
• Han dynasty
• Ming dynasty
• Qing dynasty
• Satavahana dynasty
• Song dynasty
• subdynasty
• Tang dynasty
• Yuan dynasty

 

Translations

a series of rulers or dynasts from one family

• Afrikaans: dinastie
• Albanian: dinastia
• Amharic: ሥርወ መንግሥት (śərwä mängəśt)
• Arabic: سُلَالَة f (sulāla)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ f

• Armenian: դինաստիա (hy) (dinastia), հարստություն (hy) (harstutʻyun), տուն (hy) (tun)
• Azerbaijani: sülalə (az)
• Bashkir: династия (dinastiya)
• Basque: dinastia (eu)
• Belarusian: дына́стыя f (dynástyja)
• Bengali: রাজবংশ (bn) (rajboṅśo)
• Breton: tierniezh f
• Bulgarian: дина́стия (bg) f (dinástija)
• Burmese: မင်းဆက် (my) (mang:hcak)
• Catalan: dinastia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 王朝 (zh) (wángcháo), 朝 (zh) (cháo), 王家 (zh) (wángjiā)

• Czech: dynastie (cs) f
• Danish: dynasti n
• Dutch: dynastie (nl) f, heersersfamilie f, heersersgeslacht n
• Esperanto: dinastio
• Estonian: dünastia
• Faroese: valdsharraætt f
• Finnish: dynastia (fi)
• French: dynastie (fr) f
• Galician: dinastía f
• Georgian: დინასტია (dinasṭia)
• German: Dynastie (de) f, Herrschergeschlecht (de) n, Herrscherhaus (de) f, Herrscherhaus (de) n
• Greek: δυναστεία (el) f (dynasteía)

  Ancient: δῠνᾰστείᾱ f (dunasteíā)

• Gujarati: રાજવંશ m (rājvãś)
• Hebrew: שושלת (he) f (shoshélet)
• Hindi: राजकुल (hi) m (rājkul), राजवंश (hi) m (rājvañś)
• Hungarian: dinasztia (hu), uralkodóház (hu)
• Icelandic: konungsætt (is) f, keisaraætt f
• Ido: dinastio (io)
• Indonesian: wangsa (id), ahala (id), dinasti (id)
• Irish: ríshliocht m, ríora m
• Italian: dinastia (it) f
• Japanese: 王朝 (ja) (おうちょう, ōchō), 王家 (ja) (おうけ, ōke)
• Javanese: wangsa (jv)
• Kannada: ರಾಜವಂಶ (kn) (rājavaṃśa)
• Kazakh: әулет (äulet), династия (dinastiä)
• Khmer: រាជវង្ស (riəc vŭəng), ខត្តិវង្ស (khattevŭəng), រាជ្យ (km) (riəc), វង្ស (km) (vŭəng)
• Korean: 왕조(王朝) (wangjo) (general), 왕가(王家) (wangga) (general), 황가(皇家) (hwangga) (imperial Chinese), 가(家) (ko) (ga)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خانەدان (xanedan)

  Northern Kurdish: xanedan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: династия (ky) (dinastiya), сулале (sulale)
• Lao: ລາຊະວົງ (lā sa wong), ວົງ (wong)
• Latin: dynastia f
• Latvian: dinastija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: dinastija f
• Luxembourgish: Dynastie f
• Macedonian: династија f (dinastija)
• Malay: dinasti
• Malayalam: രാജവംശം (ml) (rājavaṁśaṁ)
• Maltese: dinastija f
• Marathi: राजवंश (rājvauśa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: угсаа (mn) (ugsaa)

• Nepali: राजवंश (rājavaṅśa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dynasti n

  Nynorsk: dynasti n

• Occitan: dinastia (oc) f
• Odia: ରାଜବଂଶୀୟ (rājabaṁśiya)
• Pashto: سلاله f (solāla), خاندان (ps) m (xānadān)
• Persian: سلسله (fa) (selsele), دودمان (fa) (dudmân)
• Polish: dynastia (pl) f
• Portuguese: dinastia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਰਾਜਵੰਸ਼ (rājvãś)
• Romanian: dinastie (ro) f
• Russian: дина́стия (ru) f (dinástija)
• Sanskrit: राजवंश (sa) m (rājavaṃśa)
• Scots: deenasty
• Scottish Gaelic: rìgh-shliochd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дина́стија f

  Roman: dinástija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: රාජවංශය (rājawaṁśaya)
• Slovak: dynastia f
• Slovene: dinastíja (sl) f
• Spanish: dinastía (es) f
• Swahili: nasaba (sw)
• Swedish: dynasti (sv) c
• Tagalog: halari, dinastiya
• Tajik: сулола (sulola)
• Tamil: வம்சம் (ta) (vamcam), ராஜவம்சம் (rājavamcam)
• Telugu: వంశం (te) (vaṁśaṁ)
• Thai: ราชวงศ์ (th) (râat-chá-wong), วงศ์ (th) (wong)
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རབས། (rgyal rabs)
• Turkish: hanedan (tr)
• Turkmen: dinastiýa, nebere
• Ukrainian: дина́стія f (dynástija)
• Urdu: خاندان m (xāndān)
• Uyghur: سۇلالە (sulale)
• Uzbek: sulola (uz), dinastiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: triều đại (vi) (朝代), vương triều (vi) (王朝)
• Welsh: brenhinllin f
• West Frisian: dynasty
• Yiddish: דינאַסטיע f (dinastye)

era or polity under a certain dynasty, especially in East Asian history

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朝代 (zh) (cháodài), 朝 (zh) (cháo)

• French: dynastie (fr) f
• Korean: 조(朝) (ko) (jo), 나라 (ko) (nara) (only in Chinese contexts)