"sarpanch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌɹpʌnt͡ʃ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sarpanch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sarpanches [plural]
Etymology: 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 पञ्चन् (pañcan, “five”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|सरपंच}} Hindi सरपंच (sarpañc), {{der|en|hi|सर||head}} Hindi सर (sar, “head”), {{der|en|ur|سر||head; chief|tr=sar}} Urdu سر (sar, “head; chief”), {{der|en|fa|سر||head; chief, leader|tr=sar}} Persian سر (sar, “head; chief, leader”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-||head; top}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; top”), {{der|en|hi|पंच||five (number of people in a panchayat council)}} Hindi पंच (pañc, “five (number of people in a panchayat council)”), {{der|en|ur|پنچ|tr=pañc}} Urdu پنچ (pañc), {{der|en|sa|पञ्चन्||five}} Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan, “five”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pénkʷe||five}} Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sarpanch (plural sarpanches)
  1. The elected head of a panchayat (village government) in Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan. Wikipedia link: Chhavi Rajawat Categories (topical): Occupations Categories (place): Bangladesh, India, Pakistan Translations (elected head of a panchayat): sarpanch (French), સરપંચ (sarpañc) (Gujarati), सरपंच (sarpañc) (Hindi), സർപാഞ്ച് (saṟpāñcŭ) (Malayalam), सरपंच (sarpañca) (Marathi), సర్పంచి (sarpañci) (Telugu), سرپنچ (Urdu)

Inflected forms

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