zamindari

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

Also spelled zemindary

US /zəˈminˌdəɹi/ UK /zəˈmiːnˌdəɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #449996

Meanings

1

noun
in British India, a system of landholding and revenue collection in which zamindars collected payments from cultivators for the state

Under the zamindari system, cultivators paid revenue through a local zamindar rather than directly to the government.
2

noun
the office or jurisdiction of a zamindar

The official inherited responsibility for administering the family's zamindari.
3

noun
land held or administered by a zamindar

Several villages formed part of the zamindari and supplied its land revenue.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · in british india, a system... zamindar system

2 noun · the office or jurisdiction... zamindarship

3 noun · land held or administered... zamindar estate

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Word family

Forms zemindaries

Related forms zamindarryotwariland revenueestate

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi and Urdu zamindari, from Persian zamindar, literally 'landholder' (zamin, 'land,' plus -dar, 'holder'), with the abstract suffix -i. The word came into English during British rule in India. Zemindary is a historical spelling variant used by Adam Smith.

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# zamindari

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /zəˈminˌdəɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /zəˈmiːnˌdəɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 449996

## Meanings
1. in British India, a system of landholding and revenue collection in which zamindars collected payments from cultivators for the state
2. the office or jurisdiction of a zamindar
3. land held or administered by a zamindar

## Examples
- Under the zamindari system, cultivators paid revenue through a local zamindar rather than directly to the government.
- The official inherited responsibility for administering the family's zamindari.
- Several villages formed part of the zamindari and supplied its land revenue.

## Synonyms
- zemindary

## Related Forms
- zamindar
- ryotwari
- land revenue
- estate

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi and Urdu zamindari, from Persian zamindar, literally 'landholder' (zamin, 'land,' plus -dar, 'holder'), with the abstract suffix -i. The word came into English during British rule in India. Zemindary is a historical spelling variant used by Adam Smith.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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