taluk

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) A hereditary estate in parts of India; subsequently, an administrative subdivision of a district.
 * 2) * 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 46:
 * Suvarnapur, Ratnanagari, a few other native states, and seven or eight taluks were under his jurisdiction.