zemindary

Z10E1M3I1N1D2A1R1Y4

A form of zamindari — In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.

Scrabble 24
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounzemindary (countable and uncountable, plural zemindaries)

plural zemindaries

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of zamindari.
Cite this entry
APA

zemindary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zemindary

MLA

“zemindary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zemindary. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zemindary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zemindary.

Source: zemindary on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.