malikana

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malikana (plural malikanas)

  1. (India) A payment made to a malik or landlord.
    • 1960, Babu Ram Misra, Indian Federal Finance, page 254:
      [] malikanas payable to a proprietor in lieu of surrender of all his proprietary rights, to a transferee, which is payable whether or not the lands are used for agricultural purposes; []