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mālikāna[mālik, q.v.+āna= Zend ana, or āna= S. अन], adj. & adv. Proprietary; like an owner;—in the manner of an owner;—s.m. An annual or monthly allowance paid to a zamīndārby the person who occupies his lands, whether the state or a jagīr-dār; an allowance to a zamīndārousted from his estate:—mālikānaě-ḵẖānagī, s.m. Fees levied on cultivators by a landholder for his household expenses:—mālikāna rusūm, s.f. pl. Proprietary dues.
Origin: Persian