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sarpanch

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Noun — The elected leader of a village council (panchayat) in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan.

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Borrowed from Hindi सरपंच (sarpañc), made up of Hindi सर (sar, “head”) / Urdu سر (sar, “head; chief”) (from Persian سر (sar, “head; chief, leader”), which ultimately goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; top”)) plus Hindi पंच (pañc, “five (number of people in a panchayat council)”) / Urdu پنچ (pañc), from Sa...

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