Urdu · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Lambardar
लंबरदार
said lam-bar-DAAR
also written: lambardar, numberdar, nambardar
Meaning
The village headman, registered by number, responsible for collecting and paying the village revenue to the state.
Literally: holder of the number
Related words
ARABIC
Muqaddam
The headman of a village who represented the cultivators and helped collect the revenue.
SANSKRIT
Patwari
The village accountant who maintained the land records, registers of holdings and revenue accounts of a village.
PERSIAN
Malguzar
A person responsible for paying the land revenue of a village or estate to the state; a revenue-payer or village proprietor.