jail khana
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani جیل خانَہ / जेल ख़ाना (jel xānā).
Noun
jail khana (plural jail khanas)
- (India, historical) A prison, especially in the Bengal Presidency.
Alternative forms
- jail-khana
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “jail khana”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 447.