लगान

Hindi

Etymology

From लगाना (lagānā, “to apply”) +‎ -आन (-ān).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lə.ɡɑːn/, [lɐ.ɡä̃ːn]

Noun

लगान • (lagān) f

  1. rent
  2. (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.
  3. moor, stopping point

Declension
Declension of लगान (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct लगान
lagān		 लगानें
lagānẽ
oblique लगान
lagān		 लगानों
lagānõ
vocative लगान
lagān		 लगानो
lagāno

References
  • Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “लगान”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
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