taluk
English
Noun
taluk (plural taluks)
- A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 46:
- Suvarnapur, Ratnanagari, a few other native states, and seven or eight taluks were under his jurisdiction.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 46:
Further reading
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “talook”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 894.
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