vakil
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Urdu وكیل (vakīl) or Hindi वकील (vakīl), from وَكِيل (wakīl, “agent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vəˈkiːl/
Noun
vakil (plural vakils)
- (India) A representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Consequences’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 69:
- These papers deal with all sorts of things—from the payment of Rs.200 to a ‘secret service’ native, up to rebukes administered to Vakils and Motamids of Native States
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Consequences’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 69:
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