panchayat
noun
an elective village council in India.
panchayat
American
[puhn-chah-yuht]
/ pənˈtʃɑ jət /
noun
Panchayat
British
/ pənˈtʃɑːjət /
noun
Etymology
Origin of panchayat
First recorded in 1880–85, panchayat is from the Hindi word pañcāyat
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These need to be then given to the local panchayat or village council.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023
Village councils, called panchayat or jirga, are illegal but widespread in rural areas where the justice system is out of reach or perceived to be untrustworthy.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2017
This was a distinct type of a panchayat, made up entirely of elders from the same extended family.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2017
"No family would accept me because of the fear of the panchayat," he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2015
However he had to give back the cow and pay twenty-five rupees to the panchayat.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
So what is it about Panchayat that has made millions of Indians fall in love with it?
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023
"Every child here grows with the dream of moving to a foreign country," Dingucha councilman Gram Panchayat said.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
"This is a fight for our lives and livelihood," Gajendrasinh Jadeja, head of Navinal Panchayat, a village that is a party in the case, said in an email.
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2016
What do you think of the diktat issued by a Khap Panchayat member in Haryana about reducing the marriageable age to 16 years?
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2012
In Indian villages there is what is called a Panchayat, or committee of five, for the settlement of disputes, although of late years many of the Panchayats have become practically moribund.
From India and the Indians by Edward Fenton Elwin
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