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tahsildar

tahsildar is the alternative spelling of tehsildar.

Meaning of tehsildar

Noun

tehsildar (plural tehsildars)

  1. An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.
    • The next day Victor took an architect with him and got the tehsildar to join them.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 59

Forms of tahsildar

pluraltahsildars

Questions about tahsildar

What is tahsildar the alternative spelling of?
Tahsildar is the alternative spelling of tehsildar.

Words near tahsildar in the dictionary

  1. tahseeldar
  2. tahseeldars
  3. tahseels
  4. Tahsi
  5. tahsil
  6. tahsildar
  7. tahsildars
  8. tahsils
  9. Tahsin
  10. Tahsing
  11. tahtib

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