હૂંડી
Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Compare Sanskrit हुण्डिका (huṇḍikā, “bill of exchange”).[1] or (not likely) Classical Persian هُنْدُووِی (hundūwī, “bill of exchange”).[2] Cognate with Bengali হুণ্ডি (hunḍi), Hindustani ہُنْڈی / हुंडी (huṇḍī), Marathi हुंडी (huṇḍī), Odia ହୁଣ୍ଡି (huṇḍi), and Punjabi ہُنڈِی / ਹੁਂਦੀ (hundī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈɦuɳ.ɖi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: હૂં‧ડી
Noun
[edit]હૂંડી • (huṇḍī) f
- (banking) cheque; bill of exchange
- Synonym: ચેક (cek)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of હૂંડી | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | હૂંડી (hū̃ḍī) | હૂંડીઓ (hū̃ḍīo) |
| oblique | હૂંડી (hū̃ḍī) | હૂંડીઓ (hū̃ḍīo) |
| vocative | હૂંડી (hū̃ḍī) | હૂંડીઓ (hū̃ḍīo) |
| instrumental | હૂંડી (hū̃ḍī) | હૂંડીઓ (hū̃ḍīo) |
| locative | હૂંડીએ (hū̃ḍīe) | હૂંડીઓએ (hū̃ḍīoe) |
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “huṇḍikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 817
- ^ “હૂંડી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.