Zemindar

zem-in-dar', n. Indian name for the landlords who pay the government revenue, as distinguished from the ryots or actual cultivators of the soil [From an Ar word, sig. 'land,'] Zenana or Zanana, ze-nh'na, X. that part of a Hindu house set apart for females. [Pers. belonging to women.’] Zend, zend. n. the primitive language of the Persians. —Zend-avesta, zend'-a-ves'ta, « the sacred books of the ancient Persians, written in Zend.