jagir
noun
ja·gir
variants or less commonly jaghir or jaghire or jageer or jagheer
jəˈgi(ə)r
plural -s
: a grant of the public revenues of a district in northern India or Pakistan to a person with power to collect and enjoy them and to administer the government in the district
also : the district so assigned, the revenue from it, or the tenure by which it is held compare enam
Word History
Etymology
Persian jāgīr, from jā place + -gīr keeping, holding (from giriftan to seize, hold)
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