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TALUK

\tˈalʌk], \tˈalʌk], \t_ˈa_l_ʌ_k]\

Definitions of TALUK

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

ta-l[=oo]k', n. in south and western India, a subdivision of a district presided over as regards revenue matters by a tahs[=i]ld[=a]r--in Bengal, a tract of proprietary land.--n. TALUK'DAR. [Hind.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

-ook, n. District in India subject to revenue collection by native officer; tract of proprietary land in India; talukdar, such officer, proprietor of t.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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