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
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