Vakil

//vəˈkiːl// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of vakeel. South-Asia, alt-of, alternative

    "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"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Hindi [in turn from Arabic].

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"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"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Urdu وکیل (okel) / Hindi वकील (vakīl), from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl, “agent”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi वकील (vakīl, “lawyer”), itself from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl).

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