लगान

Hindi

Etymology

From लगाना (lagānā, “to apply”) +‎ -आन (-ān).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lə.ɡɑːn/, [lɐ.ɡä̃ːn]

Noun

लगान • (lagān) f

1. rent
2. (historical) a share of the harvest or amount of money paid to a zamindar regularly; a tax
   • 1936, Premchand, Godaan :

     उसका विचार था कि हमने ज़मींदार के खेत जोते हैं, तो वह अपना लगान ही तो लेगा।

     uskā vicār thā ki hamne zamīndār ke khet jote ha͠i, to vah apnā lagān hī to legā.

     She thought that if we had to plow the zamindar's land, then he surely had to take his lagaan.

3. moor, stopping point

Declension

Declension of लगान (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लगान lagān	लगानें lagānẽ
oblique	लगान lagān	लगानों lagānõ
vocative	लगान lagān	लगानो lagāno

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “लगान”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]