jail khana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani جیل خانَہ (jel xāna) / जेल ख़ाना (jel xānā).

Noun

jail khana (plural jail khanas)

(India, historical) A prison, especially in the Bengal Presidency.

Alternative forms

jail-khana

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “jail khana”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 447.

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