panchn.
/pan(t)ʃ/, /pʌn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /pɑn(t)ʃ/ = panchayat n. Now rare.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > with reference to foreign countries > in South Asia
panchayat1778
jamaat1850
panch1853
parishad1861
sabha1922
samiti1930
1853 C. Napier Defects Indian Govt. v. 60 From the death of Runjeet Singh to the battle of Sobraon, the Sikh Army was governed by ‘Punchayets’ or ‘Punches’.
1864 C. W. King Gnostics 199 In our times, with the Sikhs, to hold a Punch, or council of five was the formal mode of deliberating.
1867 J. C. Marshman Mem. Havelock (1890) IV. 145 Their movements were regulated by punches or councils of five.
2006 www.freedomindia.com 19 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) In every Nyay Panch at least 50% seats will be reserved for women... Members of the Jilla Nyay Samiti will be elected by members of Nyay Punchs of villages and towns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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