Jagir
//dʒɑːˈɡɪə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity East, India
- 2 A district. East, India
Etymology
From Urdu جاگیر (jāgīr), from Classical Persian جاگیر (jāgīr, “jagir”), from جا (jā, “place”) + گیر (gīr), the present stem of گرفتن (giriftan, “to take”).
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