Word history
Wiktionary records પટેલ as both a Gujarati noun and a surname. The word means village headman. The etymology traces it through Prakrit paṭṭaïlla to Classical Sanskrit paṭṭakila and compares the Marathi forms pāṭel and pāṭīl. The cited chain explains an administrative word and its related forms across languages. The dictionary sense does not establish that any individual held an office or inherited land.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Gujarati entry, etymology and noun sense; revision 88251156
Literal dictionary sense
paṭěl: Village headman.
Wiktionary contributors · Gujarati entry, etymology and noun sense; revision 88251156
Native-script forms
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Gujarati entry, etymology and noun sense; revision 88251156
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