Definition
A village council or local government in India made up of elected representatives who make decisions for the community.
Etymology
From Sanskrit 'pañcāyat' where 'pañca' means five and 'āyat' means assembly, originally a council of five elders; still exists in modern India as a grassroots governance system.
Kelly Says
Panchayats are ancient—they go back thousands of years to Sanskrit texts—and modern India uses them as the most local level of government, meaning that on the ground, decisions affecting villages are made by village councils, literally the most democratic system imaginable.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ፓንቻያት
pa-ncha-ya-t
ARالعربية
بانشيات
ban-sha-yat
BNবাংলা
পঞ্চায়েত
pan-cha-ay-et
CACatalà
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
CSČeština
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
DADansk
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
DEDeutsch
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
ELΕλληνικά
παντσαγιατ
pan-tsa-ya-t
ESEspañol
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
FAفارسی
پانچایات
pan-cha-yat
FISuomi
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
FRFrançais
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
HAHA
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
HEעברית
פנשאיאט
pan-sha-yat
HIहिन्दी
पंचायत
pan-cha-yat
HUMagyar
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
IDBahasa Indonesia
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
IGIG
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
ITItaliano
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
JA日本語
パンチャヤト
pan-cha-ya-to
KMKM
ប៉ានឆាយ៉ាត
ba-na-cha-ya-t
KO한국어
판차야트
pan-cha-ya-tte
MSBahasa Melayu
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
MYမြန်မာ
ပန္စရာ
pan-cha-ra
NLNederlands
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
NONorsk
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
PLPolski
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
PTPortuguês
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
RORomână
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
RUРусский
панчаят
pan-cha-yat
SVSvenska
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
SWKiswahili
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
TAதமிழ்
பஞ்சாயத்து
pan-cha-yat-tu
TEతెలుగు
పంచాయత
pan-cha-yat
TLTL
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
TRTürkçe
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
UKУкраїнська
панчаят
pan-cha-yat
URاردو
پنچायت
pan-cha-yat
VITiếng Việt
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
YOYO
panchayat
pan-cha-yat
ZUZU
panchayat
pan-cha-yat