Etymology

patwari

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Today it means: An official who visits agricultural lands and maintains records of their ownership and tilling. Full definition →

Urdu پَٹْوَاری ← Hindi पाटवारी ← Bengali পাটোয়ারি
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The story

  1. Bengali · borrowed fromপাটোয়ারি“rent collector”
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromपाटवारी
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromپَٹْوَاری
  4. English todaypatwari

Borrowed from Urdu پَٹْوَاری (paṭvārī) / Hindi पाटवारी (pāṭvārī) or Bengali পাটোয়ারি (paṭōẇari, “rent collector”).

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