patel
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- //pəˈtɛl//
A village head man.
Substantiv
- 1
historischA village head man.
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, […]
Herkunft
Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila).
Formen
- Plural
- patels