Etymology

jagir

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Today it means: An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity Full definition →

Hindi जागीर ← Urdu جَاگِیر ← Classical Persian جَاگِیر
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromجَاگِیر“jagir”
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromجَاگِیر
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromजागीर
  4. English todayjagir

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”).

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