s. m. (M.), ) Corrupted from the Persian word Dabír. The person who divides the grain at the threshing-floor. He is paid usually from one to four ṭopás per path of grain weighed or measured. Under the Sikh Government the revenue was taken in kind. A portion was set apart for the Dumbír's pay. The government appropriated one-half and the Dumbír the other half. After annexation paṭwárís were appointed, but the word Dumbír is often used for a paṭwárí.