mukhiya

English

Etymology

From Hindi, from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mʊˈkiːə/

Noun

mukhiya (plural mukhiyas)

1. (India) A village chief or leader of a panchayat in parts of India and Nepal. [from 20th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 593:

     I was having dinner with the village elders at the mukhiya's place when one of the servants announced that I had a visitor.