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‖ enam India.|ɪˈnɑːm|
Also enaum, inām, inaám.
[Pers. (Arab.) inﻋām, lit. ‘favour’, f. naﻋama to be happy, in 4th conj. anﻋama to favour, bless.]
A grant of land free of the land-tax due to the State as supreme landlord; also, the land so held.
1803Dk. Wellington in Gurwood Desp. V. 361 The Rajah gave him a village in enaum. 1850W. H. Morley Anal. Digest I. 302/1 An Inaámdár is not competent to alienate any part of his Inaám. 1858J. B. Norton Topics 240 Short-sighted sovereigns..granted away an enormous quantity of land in enam. |