Heir — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

a person who inherits some title or office

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˌaɪpɚpˌɛɹɪstˈælsɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈeə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈeə/

1 syllable Say it as /hˌaɪpɚpˌɛɹɪstˈælsɪs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

successor inheritor heritor

Word Forms

inherit	verb	obtain from someone after their death
succeed	verb	be the successor (of)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Erbe

eine Person, die gesetzlich oder aufgrund eines Testaments berechtigt ist, den Nachlass eines anderen zu erben

🇫🇷French

héritier

une personne qui a le droit, en vertu de la loi ou des termes d'un testament, d'hériter de la succession d'un autre

🇪🇸Spanish

heredero

una persona que tiene derecho por ley o por los términos de un testamento a heredar el patrimonio de otra

🇮🇹Italian

erede

una persona che ha diritto per legge o in base a un testamento ad ereditare il patrimonio di un altro

🇳🇱Dutch

erfgenaam

een persoon die krachtens de wet of krachtens een testament het recht heeft de nalatenschap van een ander te erven

🇵🇹Portuguese

herdeiro

uma pessoa que tem o direito, por lei ou pelos termos de um testamento, de herdar os bens de outra

🇷🇺Russian

наследник

лицо, имеющее право по закону или условиям завещания наследовать имущество другого лица

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वारिस

एक व्यक्ति जो कानून द्वारा या वसीयत की शर्तों के तहत दूसरे की संपत्ति प्राप्त करने का हकदार है

🇧🇩Bengali

উত্তরাধিকারী

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি আইন দ্বারা বা উইলের শর্তাবলী দ্বারা অন্যের সম্পত্তির উত্তরাধিকারী হওয়ার অধিকারী

🇮🇳Tamil

வாரிசு

சட்டத்தால் அல்லது உயிலின் விதிமுறைகளால் மற்றொருவரின் சொத்தை வாரிசாகப் பெறுவதற்கு உரிமையுள்ள நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

వారసుడు

చట్టం ద్వారా లేదా మరొకరి ఆస్తిని వారసత్వంగా పొందేందుకు వీలునామా నిబంధనల ప్రకారం అర్హత ఉన్న వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

वारस

कायद्याने किंवा इच्छेच्या अटींद्वारे दुसऱ्याच्या मालमत्तेचा वारसा मिळण्यास पात्र असलेली व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

વારસદાર

એક વ્યક્તિ જે કાયદા દ્વારા અથવા વિલની શરતો દ્વારા બીજાની મિલકતનો વારસો મેળવવા માટે હકદાર છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿ

ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರ ಆಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಆನುವಂಶಿಕವಾಗಿ ಪಡೆಯಲು ಕಾನೂನಿನಿಂದ ಅಥವಾ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯ ನಿಯಮಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಅರ್ಹತೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അവകാശി

നിയമപ്രകാരം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മറ്റൊരാളുടെ എസ്റ്റേറ്റ് അവകാശമാക്കാനുള്ള ഇച്ഛാശക്തിയുടെ നിബന്ധനകൾ പ്രകാരം അർഹതയുള്ള ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਰਸ

ਉਹ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵਸੀਅਤ ਦੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਰਤਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਦੀ ਜਾਇਦਾਦ ਦਾ ਵਾਰਸ ਹੋਣ ਦਾ ਹੱਕਦਾਰ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

وارث

وہ شخص جو قانون کے ذریعہ یا وصیت کی شرائط کے ذریعہ دوسرے کی جائیداد کا وارث ہونے کا حقدار ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

继承人

根据法律或遗嘱条款有权继承他人遗产的人

🇯🇵Japanese

相続人

法律または遺言の条件によって他人の財産を相続する権利を有する人

🇰🇷Korean

후계자

법률이나 유언에 따라 타인의 재산을 상속받을 자격이 있는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người thừa kế

người được pháp luật hoặc theo di chúc có quyền thừa kế tài sản của người khác

🇹🇭Thai

ทายาท

บุคคลที่มีสิทธิตามกฎหมายหรือตามเงื่อนไขของพินัยกรรมในการรับมรดกทรัพย์สินของบุคคลอื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

ahli waris

seseorang yang menurut undang-undang atau berdasarkan wasiat berhak mewarisi harta orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

tagapagmana

isang tao na may karapatan sa batas o ayon sa mga tuntunin ng isang testamento na magmana ng ari-arian ng iba

🇲🇾Malay

waris

seseorang yang berhak oleh undang-undang atau dengan syarat wasiat untuk mewarisi harta pusaka orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

وريث

الشخص الذي يحق له بموجب القانون أو بموجب شروط الوصية أن يرث تركة شخص آخر

🇮🇷Persian

وارث

شخصی که به موجب قانون یا به موجب وصیت نامه حق دارد از ترکه دیگری به ارث ببرد

🇹🇷Turkish

mirasçı

kanunen veya vasiyetname hükümlerine göre başkasının mirasını devralma hakkına sahip olan kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

יוֹרֵשׁ

מי שזכאי על פי חוק או על פי תנאי צוואה לרשת את עיזבונו של אחר

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The primary meaning of 'heir' is 'a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another'.

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Using 'heir' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'heir' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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