Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Muqaddam
मुक़द्दम
said mu-QAD-dam
also written: muqaddam, mukaddam
Meaning
The headman of a village who represented the cultivators and helped collect the revenue.
Literally: one placed foremost
Related words
URDU
Lambardar
The village headman, registered by number, responsible for collecting and paying the village revenue to the state.
SANSKRIT
Chaudhry
A title for a landholder, village headman, or leader of a community or trade; an honorific surname.
SANSKRIT
Patwari
The village accountant who maintained the land records, registers of holdings and revenue accounts of a village.