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Meaning of "zamindar" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ZAMINDAR

Via Hindi from Persian: landholder, from zamīn land + -dār holder.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ZAMINDAR

zamindar  [zəmiːnˈdɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZAMINDAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zamindar 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 ZAMINDAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Zamindar

A zamindar on the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and held control over his peasants, from whom the zamindars reserved the right to collect tax. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja, Raja, Deshmukh, Nawab, Mirza, Taluqdar, Chaudhary, Reddy, "Naidu," "Gounder," and many others. Although zamindars were considered to be equivalent to lords and barons in some cases they were seen as independent, sovereign princes. Often zamindars were Indian princes who lost their sovereignty due to British Rule. For example, the Sivaganga Zamindari and Ramnad Zamindari were the lesser and greater Kingdom of Marava ruled by the royal family till 1803; ever since then they were the Zamindars of Marava. There is no clear distinction between royal zamindars, such as Raja Venkata Ranga Rao, or merely aristocratic zamindars. Many kings were former zamindars, such as the Royal House of Benares; conversely many new zamindars were old kings.

Definition of zamindar in the English dictionary

The definition of zamindar in the dictionary is the owner of an agricultural estate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZAMINDAR


Bida
ˈbaɪdɑː
Dada
ˈdɑːdɑː
dah
dɑː
deodar
ˈdiːəʊˌdɑː
Jalandhar
ˈdʒælænˌdɑː
la-de-da
ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː
la-di-da
ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː
lah-di-dah
ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː
lidar
ˈlaɪdɑː
Oujda
uːdʒˈdɑː
quintar
kiːnˈdɑː
RADA
ˈrɑːdɑː
radar
ˈreɪdɑː
ressaldar
rɪˌsɑːlˈdɑː
sardar
səˈdɑː
shraddha
ˈʃrɑːdɑː
siddha
ˈsɪdɑː
sidha
ˈsɪdɑː
Skikda
ˈskɪkdɑː
zemindar
zəmiːnˈdɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZAMINDAR

zambo
Zamboanga
zambomba
zamboorak
zambuck
Zamenhof
Zamfara
zamia
zamindari
Zamora
zamouse
zampogna
zampone
ZAMS
Zamyatin
zamzawed

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZAMINDAR

Advent calendar
bandar
block calendar
calendar
French Revolutionary calendar
Gondar
Gregorian calendar
Hebrew calendar
Jewish calendar
Julian calendar
new-style calendar
Pindar
qindar
Revolutionary calendar
Roman calendar
solar calendar

Synonyms and antonyms of zamindar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zamindar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZAMINDAR

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

Translator English - Chinese

zamindar
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zamindar
570 millions of speakers

English

zamindar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जमींदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

zamindar
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заминдар
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zamindar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জমিদার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zamindar
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zamindar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zamindar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ザーミンダール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자민 다르
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zamindar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

zamindar
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜமீன்தார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जमीनदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zamindarın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zamindar
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zamindara
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заміндар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zamindar
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

zamindar
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Zamindar
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Zamindar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

zamindar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zamindar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZAMINDAR»

The term «zamindar» is regularly used and occupies the 79.806 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZAMINDAR» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZAMINDAR»

Discover the use of zamindar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zamindar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: ...
In this remarkable study based on more than two years of ethnographic and archival research, Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar argues that the combined interventions of the two postcolonial states were enormously important in shaping these ...
Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar, 2013
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Wives, Widows, and Concubines: The Conjugal Family Ideal in ...
The first zamindar of Bodinayakanur was Kamaraja Pandya, who was granted his sanad (title) in 1880.53 Like his Saptur neighbors, Kamaraja was identified as belonging to the “Kambala Tottiyan” caste, and the two zamindari households ...
Mytheli Sreenivas, 2008
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Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms: A Study in ...
Uprora Zamindari Area — 448 square miles approximately Population— 8671 ( 1941 census) Designation of the Zamindar — Dewan Number of villages — 86 Brief History: Zamindar Jaskaran, who was son of the Pendra Zamindar Hindu ...
Makhan Jha, 1997
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High Mountain Pastoralism in Northern Pakistan
The zamindar form the majority of the population. They work on their own fields and paid taxes to the raja before 1972. Some zamindar work as shepherds with their own herd or with animals of relatives and neighbours. A zamindar would not  ...
Eckart Ehlers, Hermann Kreutzmann, 2000
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Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a ...
As the zamindar had filed suits against them for arrears of rents, the peasants became stunned and deplored themselves for their foUies It rendered the peace- loving Manipuris hostile and furious. They held a meeting of their own and resolved ...
Naorem Sanajaoba, 2003
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The Cambridge Economic History of India
present under discussion, it is essential to have a clear idea of the role and function of the revenue-collecting non-cultivating zamindar. The term in this particular context was adequately defined by a ray-rayan, principal of the revenue ...
Tapan Raychaudhuri, Irfan Habib, Dharma Kumar, 1983
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Social Thought of Rabindranath Tagore: A Historical Analysis
Rabindranath himseif was a zamindar, and he used to say that zamindari was his occupation and dreaming was his infatuation or a kind of fad. One well known author says that he saw one of Rabindranath's contemporary note books carrying  ...
Tapati Dasgupta, 1993
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Communities and Forest Management in South Asia
Dr. Khaleque has documented written notifications and formalized agreements between the Zamindar, the revenue collector, and the Garo, vesting them with rights to live in and cultivate forestlands under the following conditions:10 ^ The ...
Mark Poffenberger, 2000
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Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore
Zamindar. (1890-1897). Introduction In 1889, at his father's behest, Rabindranath took over the management of the Tagore zamindari (estates) in East Bengal and Orissa from his elder brothers and other family members. He began living on ...
Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Dutta, Andrew Robinson, 1997
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Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren ...
Hastings to p3rove that ulwant Sing was not a zamindar. country of Bulwant Sing, as an enemy, I will dispossess Che yt Sing when he is an ally, a dependent and a subject. Everything they threatened in a state of war and hostility I, in a state of ...
Warren Hastings, Sir Edward Augustus Augustus, 1859

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZAMINDAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zamindar is used in the context of the following news items.
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Byomkesh Bakshy, Piku and other Bollywood Bengalis we love
Before that there was Parineeta, with Sanjay Dutt playing a Bengali zamindar who does the dhunuchi naach during Durga Puja. This was only a little less ... «Firstpost, Mar 15»
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Mahesh Babu Is Now Zamindar?
Now, the title Zamindar is going viral in the fan pages and sources say, the team has locked the title and are going to make it official soon. This time to save ... «FilmiBeat, Feb 15»
3
Mahesh is New Zamindar of Telugu cinema
Mahesh is New Zamindar of Telugu cinema Photo,Image,Pics-Koratala Shiva film. There is a new title addition to super star Mahesh Babu and Koratala Shiva ... «TeluguSTOP.com, Feb 15»
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Man forges mom's sign to sell heritage, FIR ordered
Vandana Devi, a trustee of Zamindar Kutumbik Nyas established in 1956 by her late husband Rao Nihalkaran Zamindar, has various movable and immovable ... «Times of India, Dec 14»
5
Nani teams up with 'Pilla Zamindar' director again
Chennai: Actor Nani will team up with director G. Ashok of "Pilla Zamindar" fame again for a yet-untitled Telugu remake of Tamil film "Pannaiyarum Padminiyum". «indiatvnews.com, Jul 14»
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Naeem Zamindar steps down as Wateen CEO
LAHORE: Naeem Zamindar has stepped down as CEO and Board Member of Wateen Telecom, Pakistan after completing a three and a half year-tenure that led ... «Daily Times, Jul 14»
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Sai Ballal to play zamindar on new TV show `Udann`
"Kamal Narayan Rajvanshi is your typical zamindar who looks out for his personal gains over anything else. It`s an extremely strong-headed character. «Zee News, Jul 14»
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Co-owner wants heritage tag for zamindar house
Malabika Laha, a local elderly woman said that Supti Devi was the great granddaughter of the zamindar Jogendra Basak after whom the area is named of ... «Times of India, May 14»
9
Going backward
No one was as good as a zamindar, and the category did not imply an absentee landlord here, as it did in Bengal, Bihar or eastern UP. Anyone who cultivated ... «Indian Express, Mar 14»
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Odisha salutes martyr zamindar
SAMBALPUR: People in different parts of Odisha on Tuesday observed 'Birta Divas', recalling the supreme sacrifice of Madho Singh, then zamindar of Ghess, ... «Times of India, Dec 13»

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