Word history
Wiktionary records पाटील as a Marathi noun and surname. The word means village head. Its etymology passes through Old Marathi paṭaila and Prakrit paṭṭaïlla to Sanskrit paṭṭakila. The entry compares Gujarati Patel as a cognate. Patil is the conventional Latin spelling, with vowel length left unmarked. The administrative sense explains a title word and does not establish an individual’s office, landholding or employment.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Marathi entry, etymology and noun sense; accessed 31 October 2026
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
पाटील · Devanagari
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Marathi entry, etymology and noun sense; accessed 31 October 2026
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