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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAHSILDAR

Via Hindi from Persian, from tahsil + Persian -dār having.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TAHSILDAR

tahsildar  [təˈsiːldɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAHSILDAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tahsildar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAHSILDAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tehsildar

A tehsildar is a revenue administrative officer in India and Pakistan in charge of obtaining taxation from a tehsil. The term is of imperial Mughal origin made of "tahsil", an Islamic administrative derived from Arabic, meaning "revenue generating; collection" and "dar", Persian for "holder of a position", together meaning tax collector. The role of tehsildar continued during the period of British Rule and was subsequently used by Pakistan and India following their independence from the British. The deputy of a tehsildar is known as a naib tehsildar.

Definition of tahsildar in the English dictionary

The definition of tahsildar in the dictionary is the officer in charge of the collection of revenues, etc, in a tahsil.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAHSILDAR


antiradar
ˌæntɪˈreɪdɑː
Bida
ˈbaɪdɑː
Dada
ˈdɑːdɑː
dadah
ˈdɑːˌdɑː
dah
dɑː
Damodar
ˈdæməˌdɑː
deodar
ˈdiːəʊˌdɑː
gospodar
ˈɡɒspəˌdɑː
Jalandhar
ˈdʒælænˌdɑː
la-de-da
ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː
lidar
ˈlaɪdɑː
Oujda
uːdʒˈdɑː
RADA
ˈrɑːdɑː
radar
ˈreɪdɑː
sardar
səˈdɑː
shraddha
ˈʃrɑːdɑː
siddha
ˈsɪdɑː
sidha
ˈsɪdɑː
Skikda
ˈskɪkdɑː
zamindar
zəmiːnˈdɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAHSILDAR

taha
tahina
tahini
Tahiti
Tahitian
Tahltan
Tahoe
tahr
Tahrir Square
tahsil
Tai
taiaha
Taichung
taig
taiga
taigle
taihoa
taikonaut
tail
tail assembly

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAHSILDAR

Adar
Advent calendar
amildar
bandar
bordar
calendar
cedar
Cheddar
Gregorian calendar
havildar
Jewish calendar
khaddar
Krasnodar
Nadar
Pavlodar
red cedar
ressaldar
risaldar
to be on the radar
Vardar

Synonyms and antonyms of tahsildar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tahsildar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAHSILDAR

Find out the translation of tahsildar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tahsildar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tahsildar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tahsildar
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tahsildar
570 millions of speakers

English

tahsildar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तहसीलदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tahsildar
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tahsildar
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tahsildar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tahsildar
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tahsildar
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tahsildar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tahsildar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tahsildar
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tahsildar
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tahsildar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tahsildar
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரி தண்டலர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तहसीलदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tahsildar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tahsildar
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tahsildar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tahsildar
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tahsildar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tahsildar
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tahsildar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tahsildar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tahsildar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tahsildar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAHSILDAR»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAHSILDAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tahsildar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tahsildar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tahsildar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAHSILDAR»

Discover the use of tahsildar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tahsildar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Panchayati Raj in Tamil Nadu: With Act in Original
(3) A copy of the statement of charges along with the notice of the meeting shall be caused to be delivered to the vice-president concerned by I he Tahsildar, and the vice-president shall be required to give a statement in reply to the charges ...
Ganapathy Palanithurai, 2003
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Averting the Apocalypse: Social Movements in India Today
You arrest all of us or have the tahsildar tell us, "Put away your flash cards, I'm going to do your work.'" "The inspector said, 'Don't talk of arrests. I have just one request. The crucial ceremony will be raising the flag. If you can take off those ...
Arthur Bonner, 1990
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Amini Islanders: Social Structure and Change
In most of the cases, the decisions of the mediators such as Moktessors or pleaders were accepted by the disputants because even if a case was taken to the Court of the Tahsildar for his decision, the parties in dispute could not escape the ...
K.P. Ittaman, 2003
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The Valley of Kashmir
The tahsildar never lacked society. Apart from the fact that he could run into Srinagar whenever he wished, he always kept with him in the tahsil a number of relatives and friends, known as mutabir, to whom he delegated the duties of his office.
Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, 1895
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Land System and Management in the Colonial Period: A Study ...
(Section 70, ALRR, 1886) The Tahsildar will post a carbon copy the sale statement after striking out estates which are not to be sold and not therefore to be advertised for sale, in a glazed frame preparation and kept for the purpose, at the ...
Suparna Roy, 2007
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Legacy to Bureaucracy: Musings of an Indian Civil Servant
His peon had been trying to call the Tahsildar on phone and the response he got repeatedly was that the Tahsildar was not there. Then, worked the Commissioner's sixth sense! He asked his peon to call the Tahsil once again and to say that ...
Vp Sawhney, 2008
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The Southlands of Siva: Some Reminiscences of Life in ...
The mention of this Indian official puts me in mind of another Tahsildar in Cuddapah who carried Brahmanical pretensions to such lengths that, after the Collector had made an inspection of his office, he held a religious ceremony to purify it of ...
A. Butterworth, 1990
8
Hindu and Christian in South-East India
57 Tahsildar of Musiri to act. Collr. of Tanjore, 19/8/1872, 1.0. R. , P/383, p. 5225. See also Deputy Collr. of Tanjore to Collr. of Tanjore, 23/12/1872, I.O.R., P/383, p . 5162. 58 Stokes to Collr. of Tanjore 14/6/1872, I.O.R., P/383 p. 5181. 59 For an ...
Geoffrey Oddie, 2013
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Malabar Manual
Tahsildar'e charge are subordinate to the District and Sessions Court, Calicut, ( vide notifications in thé Fort St. George Gazette, dated 2nd January 1863, 3rd March, and 15th October 1886). Until recently, the District Munsif, Vayitiri, was ...
William Logan, 2001
10
The Asiatic Journal
The magistrate refused either to receive their complaint, or to endorse it to the tahsildar. Having to apply to the tahsildar without even an endorsement, it was evident enough to that authority that he had nothing to fear; and therefore, examining ...
‎1842

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAHSILDAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tahsildar is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cong. flays Naidu's IAS panel on Tahsildar incident
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee has made light of the government's decision to appoint an IAS Committee to investigate the Musunuru Tahsildar ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
Naidu speaks to battered Tahsildar
Even as revenue employees across the State stepped up their agitation demanding the arrest of MLA Chintamaneni Prabhakar for his alleged assault on ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Tahsildar arrested
Officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Friday arrested Venkatachalam (52), Tahsildar, Alangudi, on the charge of having demanded and ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
4
Deputy Tahsildar arrested with 3 hired killers for murdering wife
P. Ramachandran (53), Deputy Tahsildar, was arrested along with three others on the charge of conniving to murder his wife, Superintendent of Police Ashwin ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
5
Tahsildar arrested on graft charge
Nilakottai Tahsildar Mohan was arrested on charges of demanding and accepting bribe on Friday. The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption officials said ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Tahsildar arrested for demanding bribe
The Vigilance and Anti Corruption police today arrested Tahsildar of Nilakottai Mohan for allegedly demanding and taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from one ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
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Tahsildar office properties attached
The official vehicle of the tahsildar (Social Security Scheme), Radhapuram was attached by the court on Friday as the compensation ordered by the court was ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Tahsildar among 4 govt officials trapped for accepting bribe
A tahsildar was among four government officials who were trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in separate cases in Telangana for allegedly taking bribe. «Business Standard, May 15»
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Tahsildar caught taking bribe
A tahsildar and two officials from Hoskote taluk were arrested on Tuesday by ... The tahsildar has been identified as H. Kotresh while the other two arrested are ... «The Hindu, May 15»
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Tahsildar, Revenue Inspector arrested for taking bribe
... Division along with Tahsildar Ramesh were caught red-handed and booked ... 5 lakh and Tahsildar Ramesh demanded Rs. 2 lakh bribe to get the work done. «The Hindu, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tahsildar [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tahsildar>. May 2024 ».
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