patel
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila).
Pronunciation
Noun
patel (plural patels)
- (India, historical) A village head man.
- 1892, Baden Henry Baden-Powell, The Land Systems of British India (book 3, page 464)
- In the troublous times which followed 1804, when the Maráthá power was waning, and every district almost was a scene of struggle for the supremacy, the patels everywhere came forward and boldly protected the villages,
- 1892, Baden Henry Baden-Powell, The Land Systems of British India (book 3, page 464)
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References
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “patel”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson , London: John Murray, .