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Webster 1913 Edition
Jaghir
‖
Ja′ghir
,Noun.
[Per.
jāgīr
.] A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops.
[Written also
jaghire
, jagir
, etc.] [India]
Whitworth.
Definition 2024
jaghir
jaghir
English
Alternative forms
Noun
jaghir (plural jaghirs)
- (East India) An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity; also, the district itself.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 82:
- He figured why pay your generals hefty salaries and award them vast jagirs if you were going to end up doing all the work anyway?
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 82: