bigha

== English == === Alternative forms === beegah, beegha, bega, begah, bigah, biggah === Etymology === Borrowed from Bengali বিঘা (bigha). === Noun === bigha (plural bighas) (India, Bangladesh) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre. [from 18th c.] 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 208: Colonel Watson had, within a brick wall, at least four hundred begahs of land, which the East India Company had executed a grant of to him to construct docks […] . ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Habig, bigah, higab == Tagalog == === Etymology === Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”). Compare Kapampangan biga. Possible doublet of magha. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biɡˈhaʔ/ [bɪɡˈhaʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: big‧ha === Noun === bighâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜑ) (astronomy) nebula Synonym: (neologism) ulanag (obsolete) cloud === Further reading === “bigha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === bihag