hundi

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English

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Etymology

From Hindustani ہنڈی / हुंडी (huṇḍī).

Noun

hundi (countable and uncountable, plural hundis or hundies)

  1. hawala (informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East)
  2. a collection box used in Indian temples to collect cash offerings from devotees

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

hundi

  1. genitive singular of hunt

Icelandic

Noun

hundi

  1. indefinite dative singular of hundur

Ido

Noun

hundi

  1. plural of hundo

Old Norse

Noun

hundi

  1. dative singular of hundr

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu ہُنْڈی (hunḍī) / Hindi हुंडी (huṇḍī).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

hundi class IX (plural hundi class X)

  1. cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
    Synonym: cheki

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language‎, volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10
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