East Ind. Also 8–9 talook, 9 talooka, -ah. [a. Urdū tasalluq estate, tract of proprietary land, f. Arab. salaqa to adhere, be affixed.] orig. A hereditary estate belonging to a native proprietor; also, more usually, a subdivision of a zillah or district, comprising a number of villages, placed for purposes of revenue under a native collector; a collectorate. Also attrib.
1799. Wellington, Suppl. Desp. (1858), I. 370. He may hereafter plunder the remainder of that talook.
1802. Close, in Owen, Wellesley’s Desp. (1877), 235. Such exchanges of talooks or lands shall be made hereafter … as the completion of the said purpose may require.
1839. Lett. fr. Madras (1843), 258. Let there be four schools at Madras…; one, at the principal station of every Zillah; and one in every Talook. Ibid., 259. In the Talook schools English would be unnecessary.
1880. C. R. Markham, Peruv. Bark, 352. The taluq or district of Wainad is a plateau, averaging an elevation of 3000 feet above the sea.
1905. A. Andrew, Indian Probl., 21. It is not possible for the President of a Taluk Board to attend to the schools in his charge.
