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zamindar

N ชาวนา หรือ เจ้าของที่ดิน ที่ ต้อง จ่าย ค่า ภาษีที่ดิน ใน อินเดีย สมัยก่อน 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ZAMINDAR

Zam `in *dar ", n. Etym: [Hind. zemindar, zamindar, a landholder, Per. zamindar; zamin land dar holding. ]

 

Defn: A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. [Written also zemindar. ] [India ]

 

ZAMINDARY; ZAMINDARI

ZAMINDARY; ZAMINDARI Zam "in *da *ry, Zam "in *da *ri, n.

 

Defn: The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar. [Written also zemindary, zemindari.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

zamindar

za min dar |ˈzamənˌdär, zəˌmēnˈdär ˈzæmənˌdɑr |(also zemindar ) noun Indian a landowner, esp. one who leases his land to tenant farmers. ORIGIN via Urdu from Persian zamīndār, from zamīn land + -dār holder.

 

zamindari

zam in dar i |ˌzamənˈdärē, zəˌmēn -ˌzæmənˈdɑri | noun Indian historical the system under which zamindars held land. the office or territory of a zamindar. ORIGIN Urdu.

 

Oxford Dictionary

zamindar

zamindar |zəˈmiːndɑː |(also zemindar ) noun Indian historical a landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers. ORIGIN via Urdu from Persian zamīndār, from zamīn land + -dār holder .

 

zamindari

zamindari |zəˈmiːndəri, ˌzəmiːnˈdɑːri |(also zemindari or zamindary ) noun [ mass noun ] Indian historical the system under which zamindars held land. the office or territory of a zamindar. ORIGIN Urdu.