panchayat

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P5040200 (pən-chä′yət)n.1. An elected village council in India.2. A traditional village, caste, or tribal council in South Asia.

Panchayat

(pənˈtʃɑːjət) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a village council in India[Hindi, from Sanskrit panch five, because such councils originally consisted of five members]

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panchayat - a village council in India or southern Pakistanpanchayet, punchayetcouncil - a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

Panchayat

(from Sanskrit and Hindi pancha, “five”), in southern Asian countries, especially India, an elective committee that administers various corporative organizations, such as castes, subcastes, rural cooperatives, certain types of communal groups, and temples. Both traditional and newly formed associations may be run by panchayats. In India, the village councils that serve as organs of rural self-government are also called panchayats. Despite its name, a panchayat usually consists not of five but of an arbitrary number of members.

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noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan

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