aumil

noun

au·​mil

ˈȯmə̇l,

-ˌmil

variants or less commonly amil

ˈämə̇l 

-ˌmil

plural -s

: a revenue collector under a local government in India

Word History

Etymology

Hindi ʽāmil, literally, worker, agent, from Arabic

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