bigha

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bigha

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Borrowed from Bengali বিঘা (bigha).

noun bighas · beegah · beegha · bega · begah · bigah

Bangladesh, India A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre. Colonel Watson had, within a brick wall, at least four hundred begahs of land, which the East India Company had executed a grant of to him to construct docks […] .

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@misc{bigha_2026,
  title = {bigha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bigha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}