zamindar

== English == === Alternative forms === zemindar zumeendar, Zumeendar === Etymology === Borrowed from Urdu زمیندار (zamīndār, “landlord”), from Persian زمیندار. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /zəˈmiːndɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /zəˈminˌdɑɹ/, /zəˌminˈdɑɹ/ === Noun === zamindar (plural zamindars) (South Asia, historical) An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government. 1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120,[1] In Bengal there were […] many female zemindars, or village revenue administrators, who were, however, subject to the influence, but not to the authority, of the male members of their family. ==== Derived terms ==== zamindari zemindarate ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === zamindar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay zamindar, from Persian زمیندار (zamindâr). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /zaˈmindar/ [zaˈmin.dar] Rhymes: -indar Syllabification: za‧min‧dar === Noun === zamindar (plural zamindar-zamindar or para zamindar) (historical) zamindar == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Persian زمیندار (zamindâr). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /zaˈmindar/ [zaˈmin.dar] Rhymes: -indar Hyphenation: za‧min‧dar === Noun === zamindar (Jawi spelling زاميندر, plural zamindar-zamindar or zamindar2) (historical) zamindar ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: zamindar === Further reading === "zamindar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017