bigha

bigha

English

Alternative forms

• beegah, beegha, bega, begah, bigah

Noun

bigha (plural bighas)

1. (India) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre. [from 18th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 208:

     Colonel Watson had, within a brick wall, at least four hundred begahs of land, which the East India Company had executed a grant of to him to construct docks […] .

Translations

land measure unit

Assamese: বিঘা (bigha)

Anagrams

• Habig, bigah, higab

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: big‧ha
• IPA^(key): /biɡˈhaʔ/, [bɪɡˈhaʔ]

Noun

bighâ

1. (astronomy) nebula