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English

Etymology

birth +‎ right

Noun

birthright (plural birthrights)

1. Something owed since birth, due to inheritance.
   • 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     But a practically solo sequence of Dany walking through her old empty house without saying anything for minutes on end is, let’s say, a lot to ask of Emilia Clarke. She’s back at Dragonstone to reclaim her birthright, the seven or so kingdoms.

Translations

something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳家寶／传家宝 (zh) (chuánjiābǎo), 传家宝 (zh) (chuánjiābǎo)

• Ewe: ŋgɔgbevinyenye
• Finnish: syntymäoikeus
• German: Geburtsrecht n
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• Ido: naskala yuro, naskoyuro, senioryuro
• Italian: diritto di nascita m
• Japanese: 生得権
• Scottish Gaelic: còir-bhreith f, dual m