vakil

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Urdu وکیل‎ (vakīl) or Hindi वकील (vakīl), from Arabic وَكِيل‎ (wakīl, “agent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vəˈkiːl/

Noun

vakil (plural vakils)

  1. (India, Pakistan) A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be 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
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