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mukhiya

UK/mʊˈkiːə/

mukhiya noun: a village chief or leader of a panchayat in parts of India and Nepal.

Noun

mukhiya (plural mukhiyas)

  1. (India) A village chief or leader of a panchayat in parts of India and Nepal.
    • I was having dinner with the village elders at the mukhiya's place when one of the servants announced that I had a visitor.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 593

Forms of mukhiya

pluralmukhiyas

Origin of mukhiya

From Hindi, from Sanskrit.

Questions about mukhiya

What does mukhiya mean?
Mukhiya means a village chief or leader of a panchayat in parts of India and Nepal.
What part of speech is mukhiya?
Mukhiya is a noun.
How do you pronounce mukhiya?
Mukhiya is pronounced /mʊˈkiːə/ (UK).
What is the plural of mukhiya?
The plural of mukhiya is mukhiyas.

Words near mukhiya in the dictionary

  1. mukhannaths
  2. mukhannathun
  3. Mukherjee
  4. Mukherjees
  5. mukhinite
  6. mukhiya
  7. mukhiyas
  8. mukhtar
  9. mukhtars
  10. mukhwas
  11. Mukilteo

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