Jagir

//dʒɑːˈɡɪə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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