talukdar
English
editEtymology
editFrom Hindustani: Hindi तालुक़दार (tāluqdār), Urdu تالقدار (tāluqdār).
Noun
edittalukdar (plural talukdars)
- (historical) An Indian landholder in the Mughal Empire and British Raj, responsible for collecting taxes from a taluk.
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “talookdār”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 894.