Etymology

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Today it means: In upper India, and formerly in Bengal, the registrar of a tahsil, or other revenue subdivision, who receives the reports of the patwaris, or village registrars. Full definition →

Persian [Term?]
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  2. English todaycanongo

From Persian [Term?] (literally “law-utterer”).

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