faujdari

noun

fauj·​da·​ri

variants or foujdary

-rē

plural faujdaris or foujdaries

1

India : a faujdar's jurisdiction

2

India : a criminal court

Word History

Etymology

Hindi fawjdārī, from Persian, from fawjdār

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