JIRGA as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders
    Usage Example(s)
    • most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police
    Hypernyms(s) Jirga is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)