panchayat

noun

pan·cha·yat

variants: or less commonly panchayet or punchayet \ (ˌ)pənˈchäyət , -chīət \

plural -s

Definition of panchayat

1 : a village council in India:

a : a former group of five influential older men acknowledged by the community as its governing body

b : an elective council of about five members organized in the republic of India as an organ of village self-government

2 : a Parsi council of six dasturs and ten mobeds regulating secular affairs

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