zamindar
UK/zəˈmiːndɑː/US/zəˈminˌdɑɹ/
zamindar noun: an Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
Noun
zamindar (plural zamindars)
- An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
- 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.1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120
- An Oxford avatar of the old zamindar mentality―a landlord forcing his attentions on women who depended on him for their livelihood.1997, Arundhati Roy, chapter 2, in The God of Small Things, New York: Random House, page 63
zamindar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
zamindar in Hindi
- landowner
- ज़मींदार zamīndār
zamindar in Tamil
- landowner
- ஜமீன்தார் jamīṉtār
zamindar in Urdu
- landowner
- زمیندار zamīndār
zamindar in Bengali
- landowner
- জমিদার jomidar
More languagesFewer languages
- zamindar in Telugu
- జమిందారు jamindāru
- zamindar in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ zimīndār
- zamindar in Odia
- ଜମିଦାର jamidāra
Examples of zamindar in a sentence
- Indian princes, zamindars and industrialists engaged him as their counsel and paid him whatever he asked for as fees.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 6:
- The power of the zamindars, who were mainly Brahmin or Rajput, was challenged in a series of peasant movements between 1919 and 1921, when Charan Singh was in his late teens.2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 402:
Forms of zamindar
| plural | zamindars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | zemindar |
| alternative form | zumeendar |
| alternative form | Zumeendar |
Origin of zamindar
Borrowed from Urdu زمیندار (zamīndār, “landlord”), from Persian زمیندار.
Words formed from zamindar
Questions about zamindar
- What does zamindar mean?
- Zamindar means an Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
- What is zamindar in Hindi?
- Zamindar in Hindi is ज़मींदार (zamīndār). See Zamindar meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use zamindar in a sentence?
- Indian princes, zamindars and industrialists engaged him as their counsel and paid him whatever he asked for as fees.
- What part of speech is zamindar?
- Zamindar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce zamindar?
- Zamindar is pronounced /zəˈmiːndɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of zamindar?
- The plural of zamindar is zamindars.
Words near zamindar in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: zamindar (page history and authors); ଜମିଦାର (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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