taluk

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taluk

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Borrowed from Urdu تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Classical Persian تَعَلُّق (ta'alluq), borrowed from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq), from تَعَلَّقَ (taʕallaqa).

noun taluks · talook · talooka · taluka · taluq · taluqa

A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district. Suvarnapur, Ratnanagari, a few other native states, and seven or eight taluks were under his jurisdiction.
Similar: tahsil

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@misc{taluk_2026,
  title = {taluk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taluk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}