پنچایت

पंचायत panćāyat,पंचाइत panćā`it[S. पञ्चक+ित], s.f. A meeting of any particular society (generally as a court of inquiry), a court of arbitration (consisting of five or more members); a body of arbitrators; a jury, inquest, committee, council (=panć);—the award of a court of arbitration;—panćāyatī, s.f. Relationship, affinity:—panćāyat (or panćāyatī) jātī, or jātīpanćāyat, s.f. An arbitration by persons of the same caste as the litigant parties:—panćāyat joṛnā, v.n.=panćāyat karnā, q.v.:—panćāyat (or panćāyatī) ḵẖāngī, s.f. Private arbitration; settlement of family quarrels by relations:—panćāyat (or paṅćāyatī) sarkārī, s.f.