jimīdāra / jimdāra
| Notes | [fr. P. zamīn] var. jimidāra; n. 1) intermediary class of landowners. 2) individual responsible for land-tax collection at the village level in the Tarai region, entitled to keep the taxes collected above the sum owed to the government and to free farm labor by the farmers (M.C. Regmi 1999: 234 ; M.C. Regmi 1970 (No. 7): 174; M.C. Regmi 1978: 227; M.C. Regmi 1978: 162; Krauskopff and Meyer 2000: 184). |
| Type | t.t. |