Punchayet (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A village council in India or southern Pakistan

Synonyms:

panchayat; panchayet; punchayet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("punchayet" 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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