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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