what does Jirga mean?
JIRGA as NOUN
- 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)
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