tehsildar

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noun

An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.

OriginUrdu تحصیل دار ← Persian تحصیلدار ← Arabic تَحْصِيل →
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Meanings

nountehsildar (plural tehsildars)

plural tehsildars · alternative tahsildar · alternative tahseeldar · alternative tehseeldar · alternative tusseeldar

  1. An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.

    The next day Victor took an architect with him and got the tehsildar to join them.

    2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 59

Origin

  1. Persianدار
  2. Arabicتَحْصِيل
  3. Persianتحصیلدار
  4. Urduتحصیل دار
  5. Englishtehsildar

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

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APA

tehsildar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tehsildar

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“tehsildar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tehsildar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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