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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders;
- Example: "most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Jirga
    n 1: a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male
         elders; "most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga
         rather than by laws or police"