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punchayet

punchayet is the alternative form of panchayat.

Meaning of panchayat

Noun

panchayat (plural panchayats)

  1. (India, South-Asia) A village council or local government.
    • He called a panchayat of the village and asked them if they objected to having a mill go up next to their village.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 58
  2. (Nepal, historical) An advisory council with limited powers under the absolute monarchy of 1961 to 1990.

Forms of punchayet

pluralpunchayets

Questions about punchayet

What is punchayet the alternative form of?
Punchayet is the alternative form of panchayat.

Words near punchayet in the dictionary

  1. punch-up session
  2. punch-up sessions
  3. punch-ups
  4. punchability
  5. punchable
  6. punchayet
  7. punchayets
  8. punchbag
  9. punchbags
  10. punchball
  11. punchballs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punchayet (page history and authors); panchayat (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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