English noun: Jirga | |||
1. | Jirga (group) a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders | ||
Samples | Most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | council | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Loya Jirga | ||
Domain category | Afghan, Afghani, Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto | ||