In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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