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talukdar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
taluk-dar
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Indian landholder in the Mughal Empire and British Raj, responsible for collecting taxes from a taluk.

Etymology

From Hindustani: Hindi तालुक़दार (tāluqdār), Urdu تالقدار (tāluqdār). Compare Sylheti ꠔꠣꠟꠥꠇꠖꠣꠞ (talukodar).

Inflected Forms

talukdars (plural) Talukder (alternative) Taluqdar (alternative)

Questions

What does talukdar mean?
An Indian landholder in the Mughal Empire and British Raj, responsible for collecting taxes from a taluk.
Where does talukdar come from?
From Hindustani: Hindi तालुक़दार (tāluqdār), Urdu تالقدار (tāluqdār). Compare Sylheti ꠔꠣꠟꠥꠇꠖꠣꠞ (talukodar).

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