कौड़ी
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit कपर्दिका (kapardikā). Ultimately from a Dravidian language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔː.ɽiː/
Noun
कौड़ी • (kauṛī) f
- (historical) a cowry, shell used as a token in barter.
- any small amount of money.
- दो कौड़ी का ― do kauṛī kā ― poor; worthless (literally, “worth two cowries”)
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Declension
| Declension of कौड़ी | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | कौड़ी (kauṛī) | कौड़ियाँ (kauṛiyā̃) |
| Oblique | कौड़ी (kauṛī) | कौड़ियों (kauṛiyõ) |
| Vocative | कौड़ी (kauṛī) | कौड़ियो (kauṛiyo) |
Descendants
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कौड़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 218
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