thủ bạ

Ông cụ là thủ bạ của làng, cẩn thận ghi chép vào cuốn sổ đất.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Land register keeper: A person, historically in a Vietnamese village during the French colonial period, responsible for maintaining the official registers of land and fields.
   • Land registry: The official record or ledger of landholdings itself, maintained by the village.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông cụ từng làm thủ bạ cho làng này. (The old man once served as the land register keeper for this village.)
  • Những cuốn sổ thủ bạ cũ là tài liệu lịch sử quý giá. (The old land registry ledgers are valuable historical documents.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "thủ bạ" is now considered archaic and is primarily used in historical or academic contexts to describe administrative roles and systems in pre-modern and colonial-era Vietnam.

Variants and Related Words

• Sổ địa bạ (n): Land register; a more modern or general term for a land record book.
  • Thông tin về mảnh đất được ghi trong sổ địa bạ. (Information about the plot of land is recorded in the land register.)

Synonyms

• Registrar (specifically for land).
• Land record keeper.
• Cadastral clerk.

Related Terms

• Địa bạ: Cadastre; the official register of the quantity, value, and ownership of real estate used for taxation.
• Lý trưởng: Village chief; the thủ bạ was a subordinate official responsible for record-keeping under the village administration.