पटवारी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पट्टपालिन् (paṭṭapālin, literally “slab-keeper, cloth-keeper”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəʈ.ʋɑː.ɾiː/, [pɐʈ.wäː.ɾiː]

Noun

पटवारी • (paṭvārī) m (Urdu spelling پٹواری)

1. patwari, village accountant

Declension

Declension of पटवारी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पटवारी paṭvārī	पटवारी paṭvārī
oblique	पटवारी paṭvārī	पटवारियों paṭvāriyõ
vocative	पटवारी paṭvārī	पटवारियो paṭvāriyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पटवारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press