patel
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- //pəˈtɛl//
A village head man.
nom
- 1
historiqueA 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, […]
Étymologie
Borrowed from Gujarati પટેલ (paṭel, “village headman”), which is from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila).
Formes
- pluriel
- patels