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bigha|ˈbiːgə|
Also beega(h, begah, biggah.
[Hindi.]
A measure of land-area in India varying locally from 1/3 acre to 1 acre.
1763in Gleig Mem. Hastings (1841) I. 129, I never seized a boga [sic] or a beswa of the land belonging to Calcutta. 1823Malcolm Central India II. 15 A Begah has been computed at one third of an acre, but its size differs in almost every province. The smallest Begah may perhaps be computed at one third, and the largest at two thirds of an acre. a1876Meadows Taylor My Life (1878) xii. 251 It would be a noble sheet of water, and very profitable, as it would irrigate upwards of 10,000 beegahs of rice. 1895B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 167 Two biggahs of land, planted in rape and linseed. 1905Statesman 22 Aug. 2/4 All that piece or parcel of vacant land containing by measurement one bigha fifteen cottahs more or less. |