dân đinh
Definition
- Noun:
- Adult male citizen subject to taxation and corvée labor: In historical contexts, "dân đinh" refers specifically to adult men in the population who were registered for the purposes of taxation and compulsory labor duties (corvée) for the state or feudal lord.
- Registered male commoner: A male commoner listed in official registers, bearing civic and financial obligations to the ruling authority.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Triều đình phong kiến dựa vào số liệu dân đinh để thu thuế và bắt lính. (The feudal court relied on the data of dân đinh to collect taxes and conscript soldiers.)
- Sổ đinh ghi chép tên tuổi của tất cả dân đinh trong làng. (The corvée register recorded the names of all the dân đinh in the village.)
Advanced Usage
- Historical/Legal Term: The term is almost exclusively used in historical, academic, or legal discussions about pre-modern Vietnamese society, particularly during feudal dynasties.
- Chế độ dân đinh là một đặc trưng của xã hội phong kiến Việt Nam. (The dân đinh system was a characteristic of Vietnamese feudal society.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đinh (丁): The Sino-Vietnamese root word, meaning an adult male, often used in the same historical context. "Dân đinh" is a compound of "dân" (people) and "đinh".
- Sưu dịch: Corvée labor, a primary obligation of the .
- Thuế thân: Poll tax, a tax levied per head, often on .
Synonyms
- Thường dân: Commoner (a more general, non-gender-specific term for a common person, without the specific connotation of tax/ labor obligation).
- Dân đen: Common people, populace (a colloquial term emphasizing the ordinary, non-aristocratic people).
Related Phrases
- Bắt dân đinh: To conscript/corvée the registered men.
- Nhà vua ra lệnh bắt dân đinh đi xây thành. (The king ordered the conscription of dân đinh to build the citadel.)
Related Idioms
- (No common modern idioms directly use this specific historical term. It may appear in historical proverbs or texts.)