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patwari

patwari noun: an official who visits agricultural lands and maintains records of their ownership and tilling.

Noun

patwari (plural patwaris or patwaries)

  1. (South-Asia) An official who visits agricultural lands and maintains records of their ownership and tilling.

patwari meaning in Hindi and Gujarati

patwari in Hindi

patwari, village accountant
पटवारी paṭvārī

patwari in Gujarati

patwari; village accountant
પટવારી paṭvārī, તલાટી talāṭī

Forms of patwari

pluralpatwaris
pluralpatwaries

Origin of patwari

Borrowed from Urdu پَٹْوَاری (paṭvārī) / Hindi पाटवारी (pāṭvārī) or Bengali পাটোয়ারি (paṭōẇari, “rent collector”).

Questions about patwari

What does patwari mean?
Patwari means an official who visits agricultural lands and maintains records of their ownership and tilling.
What is patwari in Hindi?
Patwari in Hindi is पटवारी (paṭvārī). See Patwari meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is patwari?
Patwari is a noun.
What is the plural of patwari?
The plural of patwari is patwaris.

Words near patwari in the dictionary

  1. Patuxet
  2. Patuxets
  3. patwa
  4. Patwah
  5. patwar
  6. patwari
  7. patwaries
  8. patwaris
  9. patwars
  10. patwas
  11. Patween

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: patwari (page history and authors); पटवारी (Hindi) (page history and authors); તલાટી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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