jagir
/dʒɑːˈɡɪə/noun
jagir is spelled J-A-G-I-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jagir means “An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jagir is jagirs.
How many letters and syllables are in jagir?
| Letters | 5: J-A-G-I-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jagir?
Jagir appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jagir?
- UK /dʒɑːˈɡɪə/
Jagir has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with jagir?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jagir from its last stressed vowel (/ɪə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: jirga.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jagir
- jagirs plural
- jageer
- jagheer
- jaghir
- jaghire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jagir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaAn assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity
- 2
IndiaA district.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jagir come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).