vakeel

== English == === Alternative forms === vakil vackeel, vuckeel (obsolete) === Etymology === From Urdu وکیل (vakīl) or Hindi वकील (vakīl), from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl, “agent”). === Noun === vakeel (plural vakeels) (India, Pakistan) An attorney, lawyer or agent. (India, Pakistan) An ambassador. ==== Related terms ==== wakil === Further reading === Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “vakeel”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 961. “vakeel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.