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tehsildar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
tehsil-dar
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Urdu تحصیل دار (taḥṣīl dār), from Persian تحصیلدار, from Arabic تَحْصِيل (taḥṣīl), and Persian دار (dâr).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: تحصیل دار, تحصیلدار, تَحْصِيل, دار, ح ص ل

Inflected Forms

tehsildars (plural) tahsildar (alternative) tahseeldar (alternative) tehseeldar (alternative) tusseeldar (alternative)

Questions

What does tehsildar mean?
An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.
Where does tehsildar come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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