पंचायत
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit पञ्च (pañca, “five”) + आयतन (āyatana, “stead, abode, seat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
पंचायत • (pañcāyat) f (Urdu spelling پنچایت)
Declension edit
Declension of पंचायत (fem cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- पंचायती (pañcāytī)
Descendants edit
- → Bengali: পঞ্চায়েত (poncaẏet)
- → English: panchayat
- → Malayalam: പഞ്ചായത്ത് (pañcāyattŭ)
- → Tamil: பஞ்சாயத்து (pañcāyattu)