a subdivision of a district; a group of several villages organized for revenue purposes
2.
a hereditary estate
Word origin
C18: from Urdu ta' alluk estate, ultimately from Arabic
taluk in American English
(ˈtɑːluk, tɑːˈluk)
noun(in India)
1.
a hereditary estate
2.
a subdivision of a revenue district
Also: taluka, talooka
Word origin
[1790–1800; ‹ Urdu ta'alluq estate ‹ Ar]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, echelon, idealism, peanut, rationalism
Examples of 'taluk' in a sentence
taluk
Of the 189 private dental clinics, 91% are located in urban areas of the taluk.
Rekha Shenoy, Ganesh Panchmal 2015, 'Mangalore taluk, Hindistan'da Diş Hekimliği Tesislerinin Dağılımına Bakış', Çağdaş Tıp Dergisihttp://dergipark.gov.tr/gopctd/issue/7318/95777?publisher=selcuk. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Information was obtained from dental colleges in the taluk regarding outreach activities and collaborations with the public sector.
Rekha Shenoy, Ganesh Panchmal 2015, 'Mangalore taluk, Hindistan'da Diş Hekimliği Tesislerinin Dağılımına Bakış', Çağdaş Tıp Dergisihttp://dergipark.gov.tr/gopctd/issue/7318/95777?publisher=selcuk. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)