Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Zamindari
ज़मींदारी
said za-meen-DAA-ree
also written: zamindari
Meaning
The estate, rights and revenue domain of a zamindar; the system of landholding based on such intermediaries.
Literally: the office of a zamindar
Related words
PERSIAN
Zamindar
A landowner or landlord; holder of land and its revenue.
URDU
Ryotwari
A land-revenue system in which the state settled and collected revenue directly from the individual cultivator, without a zamindar intermediary.
PERSIAN
Malguzari
The land revenue payable to the state; the system and obligation of paying that revenue.