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tahsildar

or ³Ù²¹³ó·²õ±ð±ð±ô·»å²¹°ù

[ tuh-seel-dahr ]

noun

  1. (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.


tahsildar

/ ³Ùəˈ²õŸ±Ë±ô»åɑː /

noun

  1. the officer in charge of the collection of revenues, etc, in a tahsil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tahsildar1

1790–1800; < Urdu < Persian, equivalent to ³Ù²¹³óṣīl collection (< Arabic ) + -»åÄå°ù agent suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tahsildar1

C18: via Hindi from Persian, from tahsil + Persian -»åÄå°ù having
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Example Sentences

The word was in this case originally a translation of tahsildar, and indicates that the special duty of the office is the collection of revenue; but the collector has also magisterial powers and is a species of autocrat within the bounds of his district.

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The tahsíldár, a very important functionary, is in charge of a tahsíl.

From

But that gentleman would not listen to him, and, having appointed a mutsuddy and tahsildar, employs them in the collections of the year, and sent two companies of sepoys and arrested Baboo Durbege Sing upon this charge, that he had secreted in his house many lacs of rupees from the collections, and he carried the mutsuddies and treasurer with their papers to his own presence.

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I called the tahsildar: "Bring me the record of these tigers."

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Before the party left the Nawab's dominions, the ladies were asked to see a sick woman in the Tahsildar's house, and they found her very ill indeed.

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