Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Qanungo
क़ानूनगो
said qaa-noon-GO
also written: qanungo, kanungo
Meaning
A district revenue official who kept the records of land, custom and assessment, and advised on the established rates and rules.
Literally: speaker of the law (custom)
Related words
SANSKRIT
Patwari
The village accountant who maintained the land records, registers of holdings and revenue accounts of a village.
ARABIC
Qanun
A flat, trapezoidal plucked zither of many strings, a classical instrument of the Arab and Ottoman world.
PERSIAN
Parganah
A revenue and administrative subdivision grouping a number of villages, the basic fiscal unit under the sarkar.