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panchayath

English

Alternative forms

  • panchayat

Etymology

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Noun

panchayath (plural panchayaths)

  1. The smallest administrative area in India

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panchayat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ?????? (pañc?yat, “panchayat (originally a council of five)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pan?t?????t/
  • (Indian English) IPA(key): /p?n?t???j?t?/
  • Hyphenation: pan?cha?yat

Noun

panchayat (plural panchayats)

  1. (South Asia, chiefly India) A village council or local government. [from late 19th C.]
    • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 58:
      He called a panchayat of the village and asked them if they objected to having a mill go up next to their village.
    • 2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage 2006, p. 233:
      “You're in the panchayat,” she said. “So couldn't you make that official?”

Translations

See also

  • panchayati raj
  • sarpanch

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