jirgan.

/ˈdʒɪəɡə/

Forms: Also jeerga, jirgah.

Etymology: Pashto.

An assembly or council of the headmen of Pathan or Baluchi tribes.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > Pathan or Baluchi

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1843 F. Sale Jrnl. Disasters Afghanistan p. xii Jeerga. An assembly or council—a diet.

1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping I. iv. 75 All large issues had to be referred to his Jeerga.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 3/2 They can..mobilise as easily as a Pathan jirga.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Feb. 7/1 Afridis other than Zakka Khels are collecting at Chora for a jirgah.

1908 J. Morley in Recoll. (1917) II. v. iv. 243 Conciliatory management of the jirgas of these wild gentry.

1926 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 293/2 He eyed the elders of Pir Mahommed, assembled in jirga.

1935 Pathfinder July 125/1 The ‘jirga’, that is the council of the headmen of each tribe, would meet us at each new boundary..to..see if they would let us pass or not.

1967 A. Swinson N.-W. Frontier xv. 326 This triumph seemed to expend the tribesmen's energy and soon the jirgas came in to sue for peace.

1972 Times of India 28 Nov. 11/5 The paper quoted Mr. Bhutto as telling a tribal jirga at Landikotal..that unfortunately Pakistan did not accept this offer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	jirga
释义	jirgan. /ˈdʒɪəɡə/ Forms: Also jeerga, jirgah. Etymology: Pashto. An assembly or council of the headmen of Pathan or Baluchi tribes. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > Pathan or Baluchi jirga1843 1843 F. Sale Jrnl. Disasters Afghanistan p. xii Jeerga. An assembly or council—a diet. 1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping I. iv. 75 All large issues had to be referred to his Jeerga. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 3/2 They can..mobilise as easily as a Pathan jirga. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Feb. 7/1 Afridis other than Zakka Khels are collecting at Chora for a jirgah. 1908 J. Morley in Recoll. (1917) II. v. iv. 243 Conciliatory management of the jirgas of these wild gentry. 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 293/2 He eyed the elders of Pir Mahommed, assembled in jirga. 1935 Pathfinder July 125/1 The ‘jirga’, that is the council of the headmen of each tribe, would meet us at each new boundary..to..see if they would let us pass or not. 1967 A. Swinson N.-W. Frontier xv. 326 This triumph seemed to expend the tribesmen's energy and soon the jirgas came in to sue for peace. 1972 Times of India 28 Nov. 11/5 The paper quoted Mr. Bhutto as telling a tribal jirga at Landikotal..that unfortunately Pakistan did not accept this offer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1843
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