panchayat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindi पंचायत (pañcāyat, “panchayat (originally a council of five)”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /panˈt͡ʃʌɪət/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /pənˈt͡ʃɑjət̪/
- Hyphenation: pan‧cha‧yat
Noun[edit]
panchayat (plural panchayats)
- (South Asia, chiefly India) A village council or local government. [from late 19th C.]
- 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 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, published 2006, page 233:
- “You're in the panchayat,” she said. “So couldn't you make that official?”
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