English Meaning of patavari

Meaning of 'patavari'

m ( H) An officer of a village,--a land-steward &c. The office, now extinct, corresponded with that of kulakarani. Used now pleonastically with the word patila, as patilapatavari.

Meaning of पटवारी

m ( H) An officer of a village,--a land-steward &c. The office, now extinct, corresponded with that of कुळकरणी. Used now pleonastically with the word पाटील, as पाटीलपटवारी.

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