noun
also ja·ghir or ja·ghire or ja·geer or ja·gheer jəˈgi(ə)r
( -s )
Etymology: Persian jāgīr, from jā place + -gīr keeping, holding (from giriftan to seize, hold)
: a grant of the public revenues of a district in northern India or Pakistan to a person with power to collect and enjoy them and to administer the government in the district ; also : the district so assigned, the revenue from it, or the tenure by which it is held — compare enam