sarpanch
Syllables: sar·panch/ˈsʌɹpʌnt͡ʃ/
sarpanch noun: the elected head of a panchayat (village government) in Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan.
Noun
sarpanch (plural sarpanches)
- The elected head of a panchayat (village government) in Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan.
- Recourse to arbitration is not an uncommon mode of setting a dispute. Generally the number of arbitrators appointed is three, but sometimes five is the number, and occasionally some one individual is made single arbitrator (hasar karna). If more than one arbitrator be appointed, an umpire (or...[1874, “Banda District”, in Edwin T. Atkinson, editor, Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-western Provinces of India, volume I (BundelKhand), Allahabad: Printed at the...
- The sarpanches were remunerated by the remission of part of the quota of labour which they were bound to supply.1884, Government of Punjab, comp., Gazetteer of the Muzaffargarh District, 1883–84, Lahore: Arya Press, →OCLC, page 129
sarpanch meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
sarpanch in Hindi
- elected head of a panchayat
- सरपंच sarpañc
sarpanch in Marathi
- elected head of a panchayat
- सरपंच,सर्पञ्च sarpañca,sarpañca
sarpanch in Urdu
- elected head of a panchayat
- سرپنچ
sarpanch in Telugu
- elected head of a panchayat
- సర్పంచి sarpañci
More languagesFewer languages
- sarpanch in Malayalam
- സർപാഞ്ച് saṟpāñcŭ
- sarpanch in Gujarati
- સરપંચ sarpañc
Examples of sarpanch in a sentence
- If more than one arbitrator be appointed, an umpire (or sarpanch) is also usually fixed upon, who gives the ultimate decision if the other two cannot agree.[1874, “Banda District”, in Edwin T. Atkinson, editor, Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-western Provinces of...
- Every gram panchayat has a sarpanch and an up-sarpanch elected from its members by the gram panchayat in the prescribed manner.1973, Community Development and Panchayati Raj Digest, Hyderabad: National Institute of Community Development, →OCLC, page 191:
- Sarpanches are, in other words, common men and women.2017, Simon Chauchard, “Local Representation in Rural India: A View from the Ground”, in Why Representation Matters: The Meaning of Ethnic...
Forms of sarpanch
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Origin of sarpanch
Borrowed from Hindi सरपंच (sarpañc), from Hindi सर (sar, “head”) / Urdu سر (sar, “head; chief”) (from Persian سر (sar, “head; chief, leader”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; top”)) + Hindi पंच (pañc, “five (number of people in a panchayat council)”) / Urdu پنچ (pañc); from Sanskrit पञ्च (pañca, “five”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”).
Questions about sarpanch
- What does sarpanch mean?
- Sarpanch means the elected head of a panchayat (village government) in Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan.
- What is sarpanch in Hindi?
- Sarpanch in Hindi is सरपंच (sarpañc). See Sarpanch meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sarpanch in a sentence?
- If more than one arbitrator be appointed, an umpire (or sarpanch) is also usually fixed upon, who gives the ultimate decision if the other two cannot agree.
- What part of speech is sarpanch?
- Sarpanch is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sarpanch?
- Sarpanch is pronounced /ˈsʌɹpʌnt͡ʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sarpanch?
- The plural of sarpanch is sarpanches.
Words near sarpanch in the dictionary
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