malikana

English

Noun

malikana (plural malikanas)

1. (India) A payment made to a malik or landlord.
   • 1960, Babu Ram Misra, Indian Federal Finance, page 254:

     […] malikanas payable to a proprietor in lieu of surrender of all his proprietary rights, to a transferee, which is payable whether or not the lands are used for agricultural purposes; […]