hundi

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Hindustani ہنڈی / हुंडी (huṇḍī).

Noun

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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

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Estonian

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Noun

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hundi

  1. genitive singular of hunt

Icelandic

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Noun

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hundi

  1. indefinite dative singular of hundur

Ido

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Noun

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hundi

  1. plural of hundo

Old Norse

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Noun

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hundi

  1. dative singular of hundr

Swahili

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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hundi (n class, plural hundi)

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

Derived terms

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References

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