zillah

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindi ज़िला (zilā) and Urdu ضلع (zilā), from Classical Persian ضلع (zil', “side, edge”), from Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ, “side, edge, division”). Cognate with Nepali जिल्ला (jillā) and Marathi जिल्हा (jilhā). === Noun === zillah (plural zillahs) A district or local division, as of a province, in India. === Further reading === Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “zillah”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 983.