phoorza

English

Etymology

From Gujarati ફુરજો (phurjo), from Arabic فُرْضَة (furḍa).

Noun

phoorza (countable and uncountable, plural phoorzas)

1. (India, obsolete, countable) A custom house.
2. (India, obsolete, by extension) A tax or custom duty.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “phoorza”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].