tehsildar
noun
tehsildar is spelled T-E-H-S-I-L-D-A-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tehsildar means “An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tehsildar is tehsildars.
How many letters and syllables are in tehsildar?
| Letters | 9: T-E-H-S-I-L-D-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tehsildar?
Tehsildar appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of tehsildar
- tehsildars plural
- tahsildar
- tahseeldar
- tehseeldar
- tusseeldar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tehsildar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tehsildar come from?
From Urdu تحصیل دار (taḥṣīl dār), from Persian تحصیلدار, from Arabic تَحْصِيل (taḥṣīl), and Persian دار (dâr).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).