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zabt

zabt noun: a Mughal land revenue system that replaced the earlier tribute system with a monetary tax system based on a uniform currency.

Noun

zabt (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A Mughal land revenue system that replaced the earlier tribute system with a monetary tax system based on a uniform currency.
    Synonyms:
    dahsala

Synonyms of zabt

Forms of zabt

alternative formzabti
alternative formjupti
alternative formzapti

Origin of zabt

Borrowed from Hindustani ज़ब्त (zabt)/ضَبْط (zabt), from Classical Persian ضبط (zabt), from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

Questions about zabt

What does zabt mean?
Zabt means a Mughal land revenue system that replaced the earlier tribute system with a monetary tax system based on a uniform currency.
What part of speech is zabt?
Zabt is a noun.

Words near zabt in the dictionary

  1. zabra
  2. zabras
  3. Zabriskie
  4. Zabriskies
  5. Zabrze
  6. zabt
  7. zabti
  8. zabtie
  9. zabtieh
  10. zabtiehs
  11. zabties

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