ਜ਼ੈਲ

Punjabi edit

Alternative forms edit

ਜੈਲ (jail)

Etymology edit

From Arabic ذَيْل (ḏayl).

Noun edit

ਜ਼ੈਲ • (zail) f (Shahmukhi spelling ذَیل)

(historical) zail (former administrative unit consisting of forty to a hundred villages)

Related terms edit

ਜ਼ੈਲਦਾਰ m (zaildār, “zaildar”)

Further reading edit

“ਜ਼ੈਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

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