[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15962 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15962 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15962 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15962](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15962) \*\*ZEMINDAR\*\*, s. Pers. \*zamīn-dār\*, ‘landholder.’ One holding land on which he pays revenue to the Government direct, and not to any intermediate superior. In Bengal Proper the zemindars hold generally considerable tracts, on a permanent settlement of the amount to be paid to Government. In the N.W. Provinces there are often a great many zemindars in a village, holding by a common settlement, periodically renewable. In the N.W. Provinces the rustic pronunciation of the word \*zamīndār\* is hardly distinguishable from the ordinary Anglo-Indian pronunciation of \*jamā’-dār\* (see JEMADAR), and the form given to \*zamīndār\* in early English records shows that this pronunciation prevailed in Bengal more than two centuries ago. - [Previous: c10.15961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15961) - [Next: c10.15963](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15963) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15962](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15962) · Pramāṇa