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Meaning of "sarpanch" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SARPANCH

Urdu, from sar head + Sanskrit panch five.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SARPANCH

sarpanch  [səˈpʌntʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SARPANCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sarpanch is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SARPANCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sarpanch

A sarpanch, is an elected head of a village level statutory institution of local self-government called the panchayat in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchas, constitute the gram panchayat. The sarpanch is the focal point of contact between government officers and the village community. Recently, there have been proposals to give sarpanches small judicial powers under panchayati raj. In some states of India like Bihar, Sarpanch has been empowered to look into various civil and criminal cases, and given judicial power to punish and impose fine on those violating rules.

Definition of sarpanch in the English dictionary

The definition of sarpanch in the dictionary is the head of a panchayat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SARPANCH


after-lunch
ˈɑːftəˌlʌntʃ
brunch
brʌntʃ
bunch
bʌntʃ
Bunche
bʌntʃ
clunch
klʌntʃ
counterpunch
ˈkaʊntəˌpʌntʃ
crunch
krʌntʃ
dunch
dʌntʃ
honeybunch
ˈhʌnɪˌbʌntʃ
hunch
hʌntʃ
key-punch
kiː pʌntʃ
lunch
lʌntʃ
munch
mʌntʃ
outpunch
ˌaʊtˈpʌntʃ
prelunch
priːˈlʌntʃ
prepunch
priːˈpʌntʃ
punch
pʌntʃ
runch
rʌntʃ
scrunch
skrʌntʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SARPANCH

sarney
Sarnia
sarnie
sarod
sarode
sarodist
sarong
saronic
Saronic Gulf
saros
Sarpedon
Sarpi
sarracenia
sarraceniaceous
sarrasin
Sarraute
sarrazin
Sarre
sarrusophone

WORDS THAT END LIKE SARPANCH

anabranch
blanch
cranch
dude ranch
elasmobranch
ganch
hanch
interbranch
lophobranch
marsipobranch
nudibranch
olive branch
planch
ranch
root and branch
root-and-branch
Special Branch
stanch
sub-branch
tree-and-branch

Synonyms and antonyms of sarpanch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sarpanch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SARPANCH

Find out the translation of sarpanch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sarpanch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sarpanch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sarpanch
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sarpanch
570 millions of speakers

English

sarpanch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सरपंच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sarpanch
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sarpanch
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sarpanch
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরপঞ্চ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sarpanch
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sarpanch
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sarpanch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sarpanch
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sarpanch
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sarpanch
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sarpanch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இவ்வூராட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरपंच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarpanç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sarpanch
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sarpanch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sarpanch
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sarpanch
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sarpanch
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sarpanch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sarpanch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sarpanch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sarpanch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SARPANCH»

The term «sarpanch» is regularly used and occupies the 100.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SARPANCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sarpanch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SARPANCH»

Discover the use of sarpanch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sarpanch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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SARPANCH SAHIB
The book talks about seven gutsy women in seven far flung villages of India: Deepanjali, the adivasi graduate sarpanch treading new waters in Kalahandi; Chinapappa, the non-literate panchayat president in Tamil Nadu making education ...
Manjima Bhattacharjya, 2012
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Role of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Rural Development
To be a Sarpanch and and Up-sarpanch. it is essential that the person should be qualified to be elected as a Panch. There is a provision of reservation of seats of Sarpanchas for SC/ST in proportion to their population in the Block. Ten per cent  ...
‎2001
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New Panchayati Raj in Action
The Up-Sarpanch is elected from amongst its elected Panchas in a meeting immediately after the co-option of Panchas of the Gram Panchayat. In case of Sarpanch not belonging to the SCs, the STs and the OBCs, then Up-Sarpanch is elected ...
S. N Mishra, Lokesh Kumar, 1996
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Dynamics of New Panchayati Raj System in India: Panchayati ...
panches or the sarpanch derived certain powers by holding these posts, they were also individuals in a village system that followed its own chain of hierarchy, had its nominated headmen and defined fear and respect for certain kind of people.
Ganapathy Palanithurai, 2002
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Status of Panchayati Raj in the States of India, 1994
The motion of no-confidence against the sarpanch of the village panchayat should be disallowed as he was elected directly, but this provision may stay as regards the up-sarpanch. 7. For the gram panchayat, one to three seats be reserved for ...
George Mathew, 1995
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Development Administration: Quest for Identity
The executive powers of the Panchayat are exercised by the Sarpanch. The Naib Sarpanch exercises such duties as the Sarpanch may delegate and discharges the powers and functions of the Sarpanch when the office of the Sarpanch falls ...
Hazary, 2006
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Roads to Model Panchayati Raj: Review of Panchayati Raj Acts ...
S.12 Election and Term of Office of Sarpanch (1) There shall be a sarpanch for every Gram Pan- chayat. The Sarpanch shall be elected in the prescribed manner from among themselves. (2) The term of office of the Sarpanch who is elected at ...
S. N. Mishra, S. S. Singh, 1993
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Panchayati Raj in Jammu and Kashmir
(2) The meetings shall be convened by Sarpanch and in his absence Naib- Sarpanch; provided the first meeting after the constitution of Halqa Panchayat shall be convened by the prescribed authority, after notifying the date therefor. (3) The ...
George Mathew, 1990
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Decentralised Planning and Panchayati Raj Institutions
Act, a meeting of the panchayat shall be called immediately by the competent authority who shall himself preside over the meeting, but shall have no right to vote and in such meeting the Up-Sarpanch shall be elected. ^ The Sarpanch ...
S. N. Mishra, Sweta Mishra, Chaitali Pal, 2000
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Dalit and Tribal Leadership in Panchayats
So far as views about performance of Sarpanch is concerned, 58 per cent feel that they are not doing well. They reasoned that the sarpanch is doing favour to his own people. Because of politics the functions of Sarpanch is negatively affected.
Shyam Nandan Chaudhary, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SARPANCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sarpanch is used in the context of the following news items.
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Akali sarpanch shot dead by brother in Punjab
The incident occurred this morning when Bhupinder Singh, Sarpanch of Jhamat village, was sitting in his car outside a gym in south city locality, police said. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
2
Deputy Sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian Shot At By …
Srinagar: The deputy sarpanch of a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district was critically injured after he was shot by alleged terrorists on Tuesday, ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
3
Bibipur sarpanch now launches 'Digital India with Laado' drive
Encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's praise for his 'Selfie with Daughter' initiative, Sunil Jaglan sarpanch of Bibipur village of Jind district, has now ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
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#SelfiesWithDaughters: Meet The Haryana Sarpanch Who Inspired …
Modi said that his campaign was inspired by a sarpanch from Haryana's Jind district who had organised a 'Selfie With Daughter' contest on WhatsApp last ... «Huffington Post India, Jun 15»
5
Woman sarpanch held for submitting fake marksheet
A woman sarpanch has been arrested in Rajasthan for allegedly producing a ... Shimla Devi was elected as Sarpanch of Badoli in Tonk district earlier this year. «Business Standard, May 15»
6
PM Modi seeks end to proxy rule, says no more 'sarpanch pati'
NEW DELHI: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a gentle dig at the system of " sarpanch-pati", the illegal arrangement of husbands being the proxy for ... «Times of India, Apr 15»
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Sarpanch humiliates couple for eloping
A tribal village sarpanch in Chhota Udaipur district of Gujarat allegedly humiliated an 18-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl for eloping, a police official said. «The Hindu, Apr 15»
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Woman Sarpanch Hacked to Death by Brother for Performing …
Two days later, the 44-year-old Sarpanch was hacked to death by her brother. Santosh Verma took an axe to his sister, furious that she had usurped his role in ... «NDTV, Apr 15»
9
Maoists kill sarpanch in Chhattisgarh
A newly elected sarpanch and a villager were hacked to death by suspected ... “Suchcham Hidma, sarpanch of Gollapalli, and Punem Pandu of Pollampalli were ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»
10
Rajasthan: 28 new sarpanch under scanner for fake certificates
Soon after the poll results on February 5, the police was flooded with complaints against newly-elected sarpanch charging them of filing fake documents. «The Indian Express, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sarpanch [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sarpanch>. May 2024 ».
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