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单词 mukhiya
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mukhiyan.

Brit. /mʊˈkiːə/, U.S. /mʊˈkiə/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– mukhia, 1900s– mukhiya.
Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi mukhiyā.
Etymology: < Hindi mukhiyā (noun) village headman, chief, (adjective) chief < Sanskrit mukhyā (adjective and noun) being at the head, chief < mukha (see mooey n.).
Indian English.
In India and Nepal: the headman or chief of a village; the leader of a panchayat.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief > of a village or community
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princeps1874
capitao1884
omda1898
luluai1924
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kadkhoda1934
mukhiya1934
sarpanch1963
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1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 213/1 Mukhi, the chief of a body of persons, the head of a village, a patel.]
1934 Man 34 19 The boy's father is accompanied by some of his relatives and by the headman (mukhiya) of the village; the future bridegroom is not present.
1959 Far Eastern Surv. 28 137/1 The Mukhia drew his authority from sources in the traditional culture: caste status...; wealth and leisure time; and a large and important family.
1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) ix. 294 The sarpanch..clad in a immaculately clean kurta, had arrived with the mukhia, the largest landowner in the village.
2000 Hindu (Electronic ed.) 7 Dec. Nirala in his statement to the police said his house was burnt and wife kidnapped..to stop him from contesting for the post of the Mukhiya.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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