patel

See also: Patel

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Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila).

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  • IPA(key): /pəˈtɛl/
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Noun

patel (plural patels)

  1. (India, historical) A village head man.
    • 1892, Baden Henry Baden-Powell, The Land Systems of British India (book 3, page 464)
      In the troublous times which followed 1804, when the Maráthá power was waning, and every district almost was a scene of struggle for the supremacy, the patels everywhere came forward and boldly protected the villages, […]

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