Question

What is the english word for vattachiyar?

Answer 1

the actual meaning of vattachiyar is thasildar

Answer 2

In English, Vattachiyar is called as Thasildhar. Though the term is commonly used in English to depict a government official, the word is formed by joining a letter from two languages namely Arabic and Persian.  

When we separate the word Thasildhar as ‘Thesil’ and ‘dar’, the former is an Arabic word meaning revenue collection whereas the latter is the Persian word which means position holder.