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dewanee

dewanee is the alternative form of dewani.

Meaning of dewani

Noun

dewani (plural dewanis)

  1. The role or office of dewan.
    • He had fought for the British in wars which led to the 1765 grant to the British of the diwani of Bengal, the right to collect taxes and decide civil cases.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 34

Forms of dewanee

pluraldewanees

Questions about dewanee

What is dewanee the alternative form of?
Dewanee is the alternative form of dewani.

Words near dewanee in the dictionary

  1. Dewally
  2. dewals
  3. Dewalt
  4. Dewalts
  5. dewan
  6. dewanee
  7. dewanees
  8. dewani
  9. dewanis
  10. dewaniya
  11. dewaniyas

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