bigha
bigha noun: a measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
Noun
bigha (plural bighas)
- 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
bigha meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Assamese
bigha in Hindi
- bigha
- बीघा bīghā
bigha in Bengali
- ভারতে ভূমির একটি পরিমাপ
bigha in Assamese
- land measure unit
- বিঘা bigha
Forms of bigha
| plural | bighas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | beegah |
| alternative form | beegha |
| alternative form | bega |
| alternative form | begah |
| alternative form | bigah |
| alternative form | biggah |
Origin of bigha
Borrowed from Bengali বিঘা (bigha).
Questions about bigha
- What does bigha mean?
- Bigha means a measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
- What is bigha in Hindi?
- Bigha in Hindi is बीघा (bīghā). See Bigha meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bigha?
- Bigha is a noun.
- What is the plural of bigha?
- The plural of bigha is bighas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bigha (page history and authors); बीघा (Hindi) (page history and authors); bigha (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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