zilladarnoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zilladar mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zilladar. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zilladar?
| 1830 | 0.0005 |
| 1840 | 0.0005 |
| 1850 | 0.0004 |
| 1860 | 0.0004 |
| 1870 | 0.0004 |
| 1880 | 0.001 |
| 1890 | 0.0011 |
| 1900 | 0.001 |
| 1910 | 0.0009 |
| 1920 | 0.0009 |
| 1930 | 0.001 |
| 1940 | 0.0011 |
| 1950 | 0.0004 |
| 1960 | 0.0004 |
| 1970 | 0.0004 |
| 1980 | 0.0004 |
| 1990 | 0.0005 |
| 2000 | 0.0005 |
| 2010 | 0.0004 |
How is the noun zilladar pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zilladar come from?
Earliest known use
mid 1700s
The earliest known use of the noun zilladar is in the mid 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for zilladar is from 1763, in Governor's Minute.
zilladar is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian.
Etymons: Urdu żilaʿdār; Persian żilaʿdār.
Nearby entries
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- zigzag trefoil, n.1796–
- zig-zig, n.1918–
- Zika, n.1952–
- Zilavka, n.1926–
- zilch, n. & adj.1925–
- zilch, v.1957–
- zill, n.1754–
- zilla, n.1772–
- -zilla, comb. form
- zilladar, n.1763–
- Zil lane, n.1985–
- zilla parishad, n.1957–
- zillion, n. & adj.1920–
- zillionaire, n.1926–
- zillionth, n. & adj.1940–
- zimb, n.1790–
- Zimba, n.1625–
- Zimbabwe, n.1891–
- Zimbabwean, adj. & n.1961–
- zimbel, n.1888–
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1763–In South Asia, esp. India: the chief administrative official of a zilla (zilla n.), whose responsibilities include collecting rents and other revenues.
- 1763
A number of complaints..from the Zilladors, and other Officers of the several districts under his immediate direction.
Governor's Minute 15 February in Orig. Papers Disturbances in Bengal (1765) vol. II. 11 - 1785
The riots paid their revenues to the Ziladars in the produce of the lands.
Asiatic Misc. vol. 1 409 - 1907
He..accepted the evidence of three Zilladars and three Sub-inspectors of police.
Oudh Cases vol. 10 133 - 2019
For cash transactions, the zilladar has to deposit the money to the dedicated account within the next day.
Imphal (India) Free Press (Nexis) 31 August
- jamadar1763–An officer in a Sepoy regiment, ranking next below a subahdar, and corresponding to a lieutenant; the name is also given to certain officers of…
- zilladar1763–In South Asia, esp. India: the chief administrative official of a zilla (zilla, n.), whose responsibilities include collecting rents and other…
- collector1772–In some parts of South Asia: an official serving as the head of an administrative unit or district with overall responsibility for revenue…
- talukdār1793–The holder of a taluk or hereditary estate, or the officer who has charge of the district so called.
- jagirdar1794–The holder of a jagir.
- tehsildar1799–The chief revenue-officer of a subdivision of a district under the Mogul rule; retained by the British; formerly sometimes applied to the cashier…
- Mull1816–A nickname for: a European official serving in the former Madras Presidency in southern India. Cf. mulligatawny, n. 2.
- mulligatawny1816–28Indian English colloquial. A European official serving in the former Madras Presidency in southern India. Cf. Mull, n.⁸ Obsolete.
- babu1823–A Hindu man, esp. one of relatively high status; (in Anglo-Indian use during the British Raj) an Indian man (esp. a Bengali) who has had a…
- multi-membered1923–Politics. = multi-member, adj. 1.
society trade and finance fees and taxes impost, due, or tax local or municipal taxes or dues [nouns] other local or municipal dues or taxes collector of specifically in India- zilladar1763–In South Asia, esp. India: the chief administrative official of a zilla (zilla, n.), whose responsibilities include collecting rents and other…
- collector1772–In some parts of South Asia: an official serving as the head of an administrative unit or district with overall responsibility for revenue…
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
- 1700szillador
- 1700s–1900sziladar
- 1800s–zilladar
Frequency
zilladar typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zilladar is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zilladar, n., 1830–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1830 | 0.0005 |
| 1840 | 0.0005 |
| 1850 | 0.0004 |
| 1860 | 0.0004 |
| 1870 | 0.0004 |
| 1880 | 0.001 |
| 1890 | 0.0011 |
| 1900 | 0.001 |
| 1910 | 0.0009 |
| 1920 | 0.0009 |
| 1930 | 0.001 |
| 1940 | 0.0011 |
| 1950 | 0.0004 |
| 1960 | 0.0004 |
| 1970 | 0.0004 |
| 1980 | 0.0004 |
| 1990 | 0.0005 |
| 2000 | 0.0005 |
| 2010 | 0.0004 |