rahdarn.

Brit.

/ˈrɑːdɑː/, U.S.

/ˈrɑdɑr/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, rahdars.

Forms: 1600s raddar, 1600s rhador, 1600s– rahdar, 1700s rhader.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu rāhdār; Persian rāhdār.

Etymology: < Urdu rāhdār and its etymon Persian rāhdār person who has charge of roads < rāh road + -dār-dar suffix.Sense 1 is not paralleled in Persian or Urdu and probably reflects a transferred use of sense 2. With the terminology for this sense in Persian and Urdu compare rahdari n.

†1. = rahdari n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > toll for passing through > [noun]

through-toll1228

passagea1325

pedagea1382

peage1448

podagea1450

passage money1474

thorough toll1567

toll traverse1567

rahdar1623

rahdari1627

gate-penny1693

rahdarage1698

passage-gelt1712

traverse1754

likin1862

1623 St. Papers, Col., 1622–4 178 The rahdars or duties at Daita, &c., shall be remitted.

2. In Persia (now Iran) and India: a person who guards roads for a fee; a toll-collector. Also occasionally as a mass noun. Now historical.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > toll for passing through > [noun] > collector

peager1474

rahdar1753

rahdari1804

1624 W. Bell et al. Let. 9 Jan. in Orig. Corr. with Collateral Documents E. India Co. X. No. 1120 (MS India Office E/3/10) f. 21 Ffor Rahdars..the Chan hath giuen vs a firmaen generally to free vs & for a howse at port.

1695 J. Gladman et al. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1998) 88 166 The raddars may plead as they receive sallary from the King whatever gold we carry without paying customes must be allowed by them out of their wages.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea IV. xxix. 230 The rahdars were ordered to examine passports.

1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 188 To all governors, officers,..rahdars..in the provinces of Bengal.

1818 J. Morier Second Journey through Persia v. 69 Here is a station of rahdars, or toll-gatherers, appointed to levy a toll upon..caravans of merchants.

1818 J. Morier Second Journey through Persia v. 71 From the peculiar office of the rahdar he is almost an extortioner by profession.

1953 A. K. S. Lambton Landlord & Peasant in Persia vi. 134 Under his successors security of the roads left much to be desired. It was placed under officials known as rāhdār.

1987 Jrnl. Econ. & Social Hist. of Orient 30 318 (title) Rahdars and Their Tolls in Safavid and Afsharid Iran.

Derivatives

† rahdarage n. (also rhaderage, rhadorage) Obsolete = rahdari n. 1.

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