🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

सरकारी निकाय

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sarkari nikay

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Governmental body/ˌɡʌv.ənˈmen.təl ˈbɒd.i/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"यह सरकारी निकाय शिक्षा नीतियों की देखरेख करता है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An administrative or political organization established by law to perform specific public functions or exercise governmental authority.

    "The environmental protection agency is a governmental body responsible for enforcing pollution regulations."
  2. 2

    Any official council, committee, or agency acting on behalf of a state or local government.

    "Local governmental bodies met to discuss the upcoming urban development project."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'governmental', derived from the Latin 'gubernare' (to steer, rule) via Old French, and 'body', from Old English 'bodig', used in a corporate or collective sense since the Middle Ages. Together, the compound emerged in modern political and legal discourse to describe formal administrative organizations.

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