English Explanatory Dictionary

tehsildar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tehsildar tehsildars tahsildar tahseeldar tehseeldar tusseeldar

Etymology

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

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