PANCHAYAT

panchayat, panchayet, punchayet

(noun) a village council in India or southern Pakistan

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

panchayat (plural panchayats)

(South Asia, chiefly India) A village council or local government. [from late 19th C.]

Source: Wiktionary



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SCOPOLAMINE

(noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; “transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness”; “someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying”


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