Shahmukhi : ذیل
Meaning in English
an administrative unit, a group of about a score villages set up formerly for the purpose of law and order and internal intelligence; also ਜ਼ੈਲ
Source: Punjabi Dictionary
JAIL
Meaning in English2
s. m, Corrupted from the Persian word Zail. Partiality; skirt, train; a circle of jaildár:—jaildár, s. m. An officer of many villages. He stands in much the same relation to the headman does to the Lambardár of his village. The jaildárs are remunerated by a percentage of from 8 annas to Rs. 2 on the revenue of the villages in his circle; a feudatory:—jaildárí, s. f. An office of the Jaildár.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh