panchayat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पंचायत (pañcāyat, “panchayat (originally a council of five)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /panˈt͡ʃʌɪət/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /pənˈt͡ʃɑjət̪/
• Hyphenation: pan‧cha‧yat

Noun

panchayat (plural panchayats)

1. (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?”

Derived terms

• panchayat town

 

Translations

Translations

• Assamese: পঞ্চায়ত (poñsayot)
• Bengali: পঞ্চায়েত (bn) (poncaẏet)
• Hindi: पंचायत (hi) (pañcāyat)
• Malayalam: പഞ്ചായത്ത് (ml) (pañcāyattŭ)
• Marathi: पंचायत (pañcāyat)
• Punjabi: ਪੰਚਾਇਤ (pañcāita)
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Tamil: பஞ்சாயத்து (ta) (pañcāyattu)
• Telugu: పంచాయతీ (pañcāyatī)

See also

• nagar panchayat
• panchayati raj
• sarpanch