Etymology

tehsildar

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Today it means: An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil. Full definition →

Urdu تحصیل دار ← Persian تحصیلدار ← Arabic تَحْصِيل
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  1. Persian · derived fromدار
  2. Arabic · derived fromتَحْصِيل
  3. Persian · derived fromتحصیلدار
  4. Urdu · derived fromتحصیل دار
  5. English todaytehsildar

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

Words from the same roots

Persianدار all →

havildar

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