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beegha

beegha is the alternative form of bigha.

Meaning of bigha

Noun

bigha (plural bighas)

  1. (Bangladesh, India) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
    • Colonel Watson had, within a brick wall, at least four hundred begahs of land, which the East India Company had executed a grant of to him to construct docks […] .1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 208

Forms of beegha

pluralbeeghas

Questions about beegha

What is beegha the alternative form of?
Beegha is the alternative form of bigha.

Words near beegha in the dictionary

  1. beegah
  2. beegahs
  3. beeger
  4. beegerite
  5. beegest
  6. beegha
  7. beeghas
  8. Beegle
  9. Beegles
  10. beegum
  11. beegums

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