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PANCHAYAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does panchayat mean?
• PANCHAYAT (noun)
The noun PANCHAYAT has 1 sense:
1. a village council in India or southern Pakistan
Familiarity information: PANCHAYAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A village council in India or southern Pakistan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
panchayat; panchayet; punchayet
Hypernyms ("panchayat" is a kind of...):
council (a body serving in an administrative capacity)
Domain category:
Islamic 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)
Domain region:
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 1947)
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