रोकड़
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See also: रोकड़ा
Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- रोकड़ा (rokṛā)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀭𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*rokka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-),[1] from Sanskrit रोक (roka, “buying with ready money”). Compare Punjabi ਰੋਕੜ (rokaṛ) / روکَڑ (rokaṛ), Sindhi روڪَڙِ / रोकड़ि, Gujarati રોકડ (rokaḍ), Marathi रोकड (rokaḍ), Telugu రొక్కము (rokkamu), Kannada ರೊಕ್ಕ (rokka), Tamil ரொக்கம் (rokkam), Malayalam റൊക്കം (ṟokkaṁ).
Noun
[edit]रोकड़ • (rokaṛ) f (Urdu spelling روکَڑ)
- ready money, hard cash
- Synonym: नक़द (naqad)
- gold, jewels, valuables, stock, etc. (as convertible into hard cash)
Declension
[edit]Declension of रोकड़ (fem cons-stem)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*rōkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “rokaṛ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press