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sarpanch

/ˈsʌɹpʌnt͡ʃ/ US, UK

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Borrowed from Hindi सरपंच (sarpañc), from Hindi सर (sar, “head”) / Urdu سر (sar, “head; chief”) (from Persian سر (sar, “head; chief, leader”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; top”)) + Hindi पंच (pañc, “five (number of people in a panchayat council)”) / Urdu پنچ (pañc); from Sanskrit पञ्च (pañca, “five”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”).

noun sarpanches

The elected head of a panchayat (village government) in Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan. Recourse to arbitration is not an uncommon mode of setting a dispute. Generally the number of arbitrators appointed is three, but sometimes five is the number, and occasionally some one individual is made single arbitrator (hasar karna). If more than one arbitrator be appointed, an umpire (or sarpan

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noun elected head of a panchayat

हिन्दी	सरपंच sarpañc
Français	sarpanch

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"sarpanch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sarpanch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{sarpanch_2026,
  title = {sarpanch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sarpanch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}