English Explanatory Dictionary

pargana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An administrative unit of British Raj, consisting of a number of villages. Since Indian independence, replaced by the block or tahsil.

Word forms

pargana parganas parganah pergunnah purgana purganna purgannah

Etymology

From Urdu پَرَگْنَہ (paragna) (Hindi परगना (paragnā)), from Persian پرگنة.

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