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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi पंचायत (pañcāyat, “panchayat (originally a council of five)”).
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panchayat (plural panchayats)
- (South Asia, chiefly India) A village council or local government.
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?”
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