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Where does “tahsil” come from?

tahsil (English) comes from Urdu تحصیل, from Classical Persian تَحْصِیل, from Arabic تَحْصِيل.

tahsil (English): An administrative division in India and Pakistan

Definitions

  1. An administrative division in India and Pakistan

Ancestry of “tahsil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduتحصیل—
2Classical Persianتَحْصِیل—
3Arabicتَحْصِيل—

Words derived from “tahsil”

  • tehsil
Every word from Arabic تَحْصِيل →