Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/zamindar/ ਜ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ zamindar Say it**za-meen-DAAR**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiزمیندار In short A zamindar is the landowner, the man whose name is on the land records. Under British rule the word marked the top of the rural order; today it loosely means any substantial farmer. ## How it's used 1. 1ਉਹ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਹੈ।He is the biggest landowner in the village. 2. 2ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਠੇਕੇ ’ਤੇ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਤੀ।The landowner gave his land out on lease. 3. 3ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਵੱਡੀਆਂ-ਵੱਡੀਆਂ ਹਵੇਲੀਆਂ ਸਨ।The old zamindars had grand mansions. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਉਹ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਕੋਲ ਖੇਤੀਬਾੜੀ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਹੋਵੇ। ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਮੋਹਤਬਰ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਸੀ, ਪੰਚਾਇਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਮੰਨੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਸੀ। ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਰਾਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰੀ ਇੱਕ ਪੂਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ ਸੀ। ਆਜ਼ਾਦੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਜ਼ਮੀਨੀ ਸੁਧਾਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਪਰ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅੱਜ ਵੀ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅੱਜ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ “ਵੱਡਾ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ” ਦਾ ਮਤਲਬ ਹੈ ਵੱਡੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਕਿਸਾਨ, ਜਿਸ ਕੋਲ ਟਰੈਕਟਰ, ਟਿਊਬਵੈੱਲ ਅਤੇ ਕਣਕ ਦੇ ਖੇਤ ਹਨ। ## Meaning ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ (zamindar) is the landowner, the person who holds agricultural land. In the village the zamindar was the man of standing: his name on the land records, his house the biggest in the lane, his word carrying weight in the panchayat. Below him stood tenants and labourers who worked land they did not own. In modern Punjab the word is used more loosely for any substantial farmer, “he is a big zamindar” means he farms a large holding. It has lost the sharp class edge it carried under British rule and become a description of scale. ## Origin and etymology The word comes from Persian: ਜ਼ਮੀਨ (zamin), land, joined with ਦਾਰ (dar), holder or keeper. A zamindar is literally “the holder of land.” Persian was the language of administration in Mughal and early British India, and it gave Punjabi many of its words for revenue and landholding. ## Cultural context Under British rule the zamindar stood at the top of the rural order, collecting rents, advancing loans, settling disputes. After independence, land reforms and the abolition of zamindari weakened the old hierarchy, but the word stayed in the language. In folk songs a “zamindar” is the prosperous farmer with tube-wells, a tractor and acres of wheat; in everyday talk it simply marks a man whose life is his land. ## What does zamindar mean in Punjabi? ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ (zamindar) is the landowner, the person who holds agricultural land. In the village the zamindar was the man of standing: his name on the land records, his house the biggest in the lane, his word carrying weight in the panchayat. Below him stood tenants and labourers who worked land they did not own. ## How is zamindar used in a sentence? In Punjabi: "ਉਹ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਹੈ।", meaning "He is the biggest landowner in the village.". ## Where does zamindar come from? The word comes from Persian: ਜ਼ਮੀਨ (zamin), land, joined with ਦਾਰ (dar), holder or keeper. A zamindar is literally “the holder of land.” Persian was the language of administration in Mughal and early British India, and it gave Punjabi many of its words for revenue and landholding. ## What is the cultural significance of zamindar? Under British rule the zamindar stood at the top of the rural order, collecting rents, advancing loans, settling disputes. After independence, land reforms and the abolition of zamindari weakened the old hierarchy, but the word stayed in the language. ## ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ? ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਉਹ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਕੋਲ ਖੇਤੀਬਾੜੀ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਹੋਵੇ। ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਮੋਹਤਬਰ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਸੀ, ਪੰਚਾਇਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਮੰਨੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਸੀ। ## ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ? ਉਦਾਹਰਨ: "ਉਹ ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਹੈ।" (He is the biggest landowner in the village.) ## ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ ਦਾ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਮਹੱਤਵ ਕੀ ਹੈ? ਅੱਜ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ “ਵੱਡਾ ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ” ਦਾ ਮਤਲਬ ਹੈ ਵੱਡੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਕਿਸਾਨ, ਜਿਸ ਕੋਲ ਟਰੈਕਟਰ, ਟਿਊਬਵੈੱਲ ਅਤੇ ਕਣਕ ਦੇ ਖੇਤ ਹਨ। ## Related words [ਜ਼ਮੀਨzameenLand; earth](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/zameen/)[ਖੇਤkhetField; farmland](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/khet/)[ਖੇਤੀkhetiFarming; agriculture](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kheti/)[ਕਿਸਾਨkisanfarmer: a person who cultivates land and grows crops](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kisan/) Sources (2) 1. Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha 2. 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