(n) 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
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[ひじり, hijiri] (n) (1) highly virtuous monk; (2) (hon) monk; (3) Buddhist solitary; (4) (See 高野聖・1) Buddhist missionary; (5) saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (6) (arch) (hon) emperor; (7) (in form 〜の聖) master; expert#1052
[しょうじる, shoujiru] (v1, vt) (1) (See 生ずる・1) to produce; to yield; to cause; (v1, vi) (2) (See 生ずる・2) to result from; to arise; to be generated; (P)#4956