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tahsildar
 
SYLLABICATION:tah·sil·dar
PRONUNCIATION:  t-sldär
VARIANT FORMS: also tah·seel·dar
NOUN: A district official in India in charge of revenues and taxation.
ETYMOLOGY:Urdu tasldr, from Persian : tal, collection, revenue (from Arabic, infinitive of aala, to acquire, collect, derived stem of aala, to occur, obtain; see l in Appendix II) + -dr, having; see dher- in Appendix I.
 
 
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