tah·sil·dar also tah·seel·dar (t -s l där )n. A district official in India in charge of revenues and taxation. [Urdu ta  s ld r, from Persian : ta l, collection, revenue (from Arabic, infinitive of aala, to acquire, collect, derived stem of aala, to occur, obtain; see l in Semitic roots) + -dr, having; see dher- in Indo-European roots.] |
tahsildar [təˈsiːldɑː]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the officer in charge of the collection of revenues, etc., in a tahsil
[via Hindi from Persian, from tahsil + Persian -dār having]
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