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Where does “zamindar” come from?

Zamindar comes from Persian zamīndār, a compound of zamīn meaning land and dār meaning holder or possessor.

zamindar (English): An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and...

Definitions

  1. An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and...

Ancestry of “zamindar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduزمیندار—
2Classical Persianزمیندار—

Words derived from “zamindar”

  • zemindar
  • zamindarship
  • zemindarship
Every word from Classical Persian زمیندار →