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jagir

UK/dʒɑːˈɡɪə/

jagir noun: an assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity.

Noun

jagir (plural jagirs)

  1. (East, India) An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity
  2. (East, India) A district.

jagir meaning in Punjabi

jagir in Punjabi

jagir
ਜਗੀਰ jagīr

Synonyms of jagir

All synonyms of jagir

Forms of jagir

pluraljagirs
alternative formjageer
alternative formjagheer
alternative formjaghir
alternative formjaghire

Origin of jagir

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जागीर (jāgīr) / Urdu جَاگِیر (jāgīr)), from Classical Persian جَاگِیر (jāgīr, “jagir”), from جَا (jā, “place”) + گِیر (gīr), the present stem of گرفتن (giriftan, “to take”).

Words formed from jagir

Questions about jagir

What does jagir mean?
Jagir means an assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity.
What is jagir in Punjabi?
Jagir in Punjabi is ਜਗੀਰ (jagīr). See Jagir meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is jagir?
Jagir is a noun.
How do you pronounce jagir?
Jagir is pronounced /dʒɑːˈɡɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of jagir?
The plural of jagir is jagirs.

Words near jagir in the dictionary

  1. jaghirs
  2. Jagielka
  3. Jagiellonian
  4. Jagielski
  5. Jagielskis
  6. jagir
  7. jagirdar
  8. jagirdars
  9. jagirs
  10. jagla
  11. jaglas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jagir (page history and authors); ਜਗੀਰ (Punjabi) (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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