zilladar, n.

zilladar
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Revised 2021

# 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?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

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

/ˈzɪlədɑː/
ZIL-uh-dar

#### U.S. English

/ˈzɪləˌdɑr/
ZIL-uh-dar

### 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

1. zigzag machine, n. 1952–
2. zigzag trefoil, n. 1796–
3. zig-zig, n. 1918–
4. Zika, n. 1952–
5. Zilavka, n. 1926–
6. zilch, n. & adj. 1925–
7. zilch, v. 1957–
8. zill, n. 1754–
9. zilla, n. 1772–
10. -zilla, comb. form
11. zilladar, n.1763–
12. Zil lane, n. 1985–
13. zilla parishad, n. 1957–
14. zillion, n. & adj. 1920–
15. zillionaire, n. 1926–
16. zillionth, n. & adj. 1940–
17. zimb, n. 1790–
18. Zimba, n. 1625–
19. Zimbabwe, n. 1891–
20. Zimbabwean, adj. & n. 1961–
21. zimbel, n. 1888–

## Etymology

### Summary

Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian.
Etymons: Urdu żilaʿdār; Persian żilaʿdār.
< (i) Urdu żilaʿdār,

and its etymon (ii) Indian Persian żilaʿdār < żilaʿ zilla n. + ‑dār, forming nouns denoting a person who holds or possesses (see amildar n.).

## Meaning & use

1. 1763–
   In South Asia, esp. India: the chief administrative official of a zilla (zilla n.), whose responsibilities include collecting rents and other revenues.
   1. 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
   2. 1785

      > The riots paid their revenues to the Ziladars in the produce of the lands.

      Asiatic Misc. vol. 1 409
   3. 1907

      > He..accepted the evidence of three Zilladars and three Sub-inspectors of police.

      Oudh Cases vol. 10 133
   4. 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
   economics and commerce
   1. jamadar 1763–
      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…
   2. zilladar 1763–
      In South Asia, esp. India: the chief administrative official of a zilla (zilla, n.), whose responsibilities include collecting rents and other…
   3. collector 1772–
      In some parts of South Asia: an official serving as the head of an administrative unit or district with overall responsibility for revenue…
   4. talukdār 1793–
      The holder of a taluk or hereditary estate, or the officer who has charge of the district so called.
   5. jagirdar 1794–
      The holder of a jagir.
   6. tehsildar 1799–
      The chief revenue-officer of a subdivision of a district under the Mogul rule; retained by the British; formerly sometimes applied to the cashier…
   7. Mull 1816–
      A nickname for: a European official serving in the former Madras Presidency in southern India. Cf. mulligatawny, n. 2.
   8. mulligatawny 1816–28
      Indian English colloquial. A European official serving in the former Madras Presidency in southern India. Cf. Mull, n.⁸ Obsolete.
   9. babu 1823–
      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…
   10. multi-membered 1923–
       Politics. = multi-member, adj. 1.
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   1. zilladar 1763–
      In South Asia, esp. India: the chief administrative official of a zilla (zilla, n.), whose responsibilities include collecting rents and other…
   2. collector 1772–
      In some parts of South Asia: an official serving as the head of an administrative unit or district with overall responsibility for revenue…
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪlədɑː/
ZIL-uh-dar

### U.S. English

/ˈzɪləˌdɑr/
ZIL-uh-dar

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##### 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 /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### 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.

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##### 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 /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### 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.

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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

1. 1700s
   zillador
2. 1700s–1900s
   ziladar
3. 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 data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### 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
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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

Originally published as part of the entry for zilla, n.

zilladar, n. was revised in March 2021.

zilladar, n. was last modified in July 2023.