hawala

English

Alternative forms

• hawalla

Etymology

From Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “transfer, trust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈwɑːlə/

Noun

hawala (countable and uncountable, plural hawalas)

1. (Islamic finance) A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers.

Derived terms

• hawaladar

Translations

money transfer

• Arabic: حَوَالَة (ḥawāla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈瓦拉

• Hindi: हवाला (hi) m (havālā)
• Somali: xawaalad (so)
• Urdu: ہُنْڈی f (hunḍī), حَوَالَہ (ur) m (havāla)

See also

• hawala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• halawa, wahala, Halawa