Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 28, 2008 11:31
15 yrs ago
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Hindi term
tehsil, Zilla
Hindi to English
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Government / Politics
What is the nearest equivalent of these two Hindi words in British English
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +4 | untranslated, district | Christian Schneider |
4 +3 | tehsil, district | Shera Lyn Parpia |
5 +1 | County, District (British Equivalents) | Suyash Suprabh |
5 | subdivision, district | ramanjee |
4 | tehsil | Alka Kumar |
Change log
Jun 28, 2008 13:47: Christian Schneider Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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6 mins
Selected
untranslated, district
tehsil = administrative division, left untranslated
zilla = district
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-06-28 14:05:24 GMT) Post-grading
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obrigado
zilla = district
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-06-28 14:05:24 GMT) Post-grading
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obrigado
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Shera Lyn Parpia
: we crossed!
4 mins
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sorry, but I don't have points in that pair yet ;-)
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agree |
Pundora
53 mins
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agree |
Nitin Goyal
3 hrs
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agree |
C.M. Rawal
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for the explanation and reference"
+3
10 mins
tehsil, district
as you can see here tehsil or taluk is not usually translated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehsil
Zila / Zilla can be translated as district
http://cyberjournalist.org.in/links4.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehsil
Zila / Zilla can be translated as district
http://cyberjournalist.org.in/links4.html
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Pundora
50 mins
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thanks.
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agree |
Nitin Goyal
1 hr
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thanks.
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agree |
C.M. Rawal
5 hrs
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32 mins
County, District (British Equivalents)
In British English, the terms "Tehsil" and "Zilla" can be translated as "county" and "district" respectively.
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Note added at 36 मिनट (2008-06-28 12:07:30 GMT)
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Please note that these terms are not the exact translations.
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Note added at 41 मिनट (2008-06-28 12:12:46 GMT)
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"Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside of the subcontinent, the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss, on the basis that a tehsil, like a county, is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province." (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehsil)
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Note added at 36 मिनट (2008-06-28 12:07:30 GMT)
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Please note that these terms are not the exact translations.
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Note added at 41 मिनट (2008-06-28 12:12:46 GMT)
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"Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside of the subcontinent, the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss, on the basis that a tehsil, like a county, is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province." (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehsil)
5 hrs
subdivision, district
'tehsil' term has come from the Mughal administrative system in India. This term, though in vogue for some time in the standard parlance of the British regime in India, was later substituted with the term 'subdivision' which is equivalent of 'tehsil'. 'Thesil', however is still used in the educated Hindi speaking mass to refer to "subdivision".
Subdivision is proper English equivalent of 'tehsil'.
'zilla' is equivalent of 'district', as noted by my friends above.
Subdivision is proper English equivalent of 'tehsil'.
'zilla' is equivalent of 'district', as noted by my friends above.
1 day 11 mins
tehsil
as per Oxford Hindi English dictionary a tehsil is a revenue district while zilla is an administrative district
Discussion
That how it is trannslated in Pakistan