panchayat
noun
an elective village council in India.
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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
Community members are afraid to speak against the village council of community elders, or panchayat, Tamaichikar added.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2018
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
"No family would accept me because of the fear of the panchayat," he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2015
When the Raja received this message it made him very angry, however he went outside the city and met the panchayat and ordered them to get to business quickly.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
In 2012, he organized a Khap Panchayat in Bibipur.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
He describes Panchayat as a "middle-of-the-road" show which tells simple stories of ordinary people.
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
Many others get dragged into it; and the spirit of discord, instead of being laid to rest by the proceedings of the Panchayat, often finds a greatly enlarged scope for mischief.
From India and the Indians by Edward Fenton Elwin
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