jail khana
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindustani جیل خانَہ (jel xāna) / जेल ख़ाना (jel xānā).
Noun
[edit]jail khana (plural jail khanas)
- (India, historical) A prison, especially in the Bengal Presidency.
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “jail khana”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 447.