ਜੈਲ
jaila/jaila

Definition

ਅ਼. [ذیل] ਜੈਲ. ਸੰਗ੍ਯਾ- ਪੱਲਾ. ਦਾਮਨ. ਲੜ। ੨. ਪੰਕਤਿ. ਕ਼ਤ਼ਾਰ. ਸ਼੍ਰੇਣੀ। ੩. ਇ਼ਲਾਕ਼ਾ. ਪਰਗਨਾ। ੪. ਕ੍ਰਿ. ਵਿ- ਨੀਚੇ. ਹੇਠ.
Source: Mahankosh

Shahmukhi : ذیل

Parts Of Speech : noun, feminine

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