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chief meaning in Marathi

प्रमुख pramukh

/t͡ʃiːf/

chief in Marathi: प्रमुख (pramukh), प्रधान (pradhān), पाटील (pāṭīl), नायक (nāyak). In English, chief means the leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

Marathi words for chief

chief, principal, main
प्रमुख pramukh
chief, main, principal
प्रधान pradhān
chief, head of a village
पाटील pāṭīl
chief, leader, commander
नायक nāyak

English meaning of chief

  1. noun The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
  2. noun Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
  3. noun The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
  4. noun The principal part or top of anything.

Full definition of chief

chief in a sentence

  • All firefighters report to the fire chief.
  • Bob is our troubleshooter in chief.
  • Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.

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Questions about chief in Marathi

What is the meaning of chief in Marathi?
Chief in Marathi is प्रमुख (pramukh), प्रधान (pradhān), पाटील (pāṭīl), नायक (nāyak).
chief चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Chief: प्रमुख (pramukh), प्रधान (pradhān), पाटील (pāṭīl), नायक (nāyak).
What does chief mean in English?
Chief means the leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

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Marathi words from Wiktionary's Marathi entries whose English meaning is “chief”: नायक, पाटील, प्रधान, प्रमुख. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: chief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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