taluk
taluk noun: a hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.
Noun
taluk (plural taluks)
- A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.
- Suvarnapur, Ratnanagari, a few other native states, and seven or eight taluks were under his jurisdiction.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 46
- Synonyms:
- tahsil
taluk meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam
taluk in Tamil
- வட்டம்
taluk in Marathi
- taluk
- तालुका tālukā
taluk in Telugu
- taluk or division of a zilla or district
- తాలూకా tālūkā
taluk in Malayalam
- taluk, tehsil
- താലൂക്ക് tālūkkŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- taluk in Kannada
- ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕು tāllūku
- taluk in Gujarati
- તાલુકો tāluko
Synonyms of taluk
Forms of taluk
| plural | taluks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | talook |
| alternative form | talooka |
| alternative form | taluka |
| alternative form | taluq |
| alternative form | taluqa |
| alternative form | thaluk |
Origin of taluk
Borrowed from Urdu تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Classical Persian تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq), from تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa).
Questions about taluk
- What does taluk mean?
- Taluk means a hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.
- What is taluk in Tamil?
- Taluk in Tamil is வட்டம். See Taluk meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is taluk?
- Taluk is a noun.
- What is the plural of taluk?
- The plural of taluk is taluks.
Words near taluk in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: taluk (page history and authors); taluk (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तालुका (Marathi) (page history and authors); తాలూకా (Telugu) (page history and authors); താലൂക്ക് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕು (Kannada) (page history and authors); તાલુકો (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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