English Explanatory Dictionary

talukdar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

talukdar talukdars Talukder Taluqdar

Etymology

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

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