جاگیر

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wi-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-
Proto-Iranian *Hwah-
Proto-Iranian *wi-Hwah-
Middle Persian gyʾg (gyāg)
Persian جَا
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-der.
Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠grab-⁠/)
Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠griftan⁠/)
Persian گِرِفْتَنْ
Persian گِیر
Persian جاگیر

    From جَا (“place”) + گِیر (“possessing”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? jāgīr
    Dari reading? jāgīr
    Iranian reading? jâgir
    Tajik reading? jogir

    Noun

    جاگیر • (jāgīr / jâgir) (Tajik spelling ҷогир)

    1. (Indo-Persian) a government assignment of a land tract's revenue to an individual

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Bengali: জায়গির (jaẏgir), জাগির (jagir)
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.