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Definition of Jirga
1. Noun. A Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders. "Most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police"
Generic synonyms: Council
Specialized synonyms: Loya Jirga
Definition of Jirga
1. Noun. A gathering of elders or leaders in Pakistan or Afghanistan, especially within a tribe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jirga
1. a council of tribal headmen in Afghanistan [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jirga
| jipijapa jipijapas jippa jappa jippa jappas jipped jipping jipyapa jipyapas jiqui jirble | jirbled jirbles jirbling jird jirds jirga jirgas jirkinet jirkinets jisms | jissom jissoms jist jists jitney jitneys jits jitted jitter |
Literary usage of Jirga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"We, the undermentioned, have come in as a Jirga, called by the British Government,
although we have never been in to Government before, and have never had ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... The Cow-House Jirga. HOW does a King feel when he has kept peace in his borders,
by skilfully playing off people against people, sect against sect, ..."
3. The Land-systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"This word signifies in Kohat, both the blocks of the different soils (as
discriminated by the chief, jirga (council), or other authority making the ..."
4. Human Rights Watch World Report, 2003: Events of 2002 (November 2001 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Staff (2003)
"The selection process for the loya jirga took place throughout May and June.
During the first stage, local authorities were supposed to choose a set of ..."
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