Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tahsil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
tah-sil
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An administrative division in India and Pakistan.

Etymology

From Hindi तहसील (tahsīl) and Urdu تحصیل.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: तहसील, تحصیل, ح ص ل

Inflected Forms

tahsils (plural) tahasil (alternative) tehsil (alternative) tahseel (alternative) tehseel (alternative) tehasil (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

tahsildar thana

Synonyms

taluk

Questions

What does tahsil mean?
An administrative division in India and Pakistan.
Where does tahsil come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce tahsil

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