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Hindi
Etymology
From लगाना (lagānā, “to apply”) + -आन (-ān).
Pronunciation
Noun
लगान • (lagān) f
- rent
- (historical) a share of the harvest or amount of money paid to a zamindar regularly; a tax
1936,
Premchand,
Godaan :
- उसका विचार था कि हमने ज़मींदार के खेत जोते हैं, तो वह अपना लगान ही तो लेगा।
- uskā vicār thā ki hamne zamīndār ke khet jote ha͠i, to vah apnā lagān hī to legā.
- She thought that if we had to plow the zamindar's land, then he surely had to take his lagaan.
- moor, stopping point
Declension
Declension of लगान (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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लगान
lagān
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लगानें
lagānẽ
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| oblique
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लगान
lagān
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लगानों
lagānõ
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| vocative
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लगान
lagān
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लगानो
lagāno
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References
- Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “लगान”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia