kunjoos

English

Alternative forms

• kanjoos, kanjus

Noun

kunjoos (plural not attested)

1. (India) A miser.
   • 1995, Simul Parikh, “Marriage Info...”, in rec.music.indian.misc (Usenet):

     Must have no desire to work
     Must not mind husband being a kunjoos
     Does not mind cooking, cleaning, and having a smile on her face always

   • 2005, Manzur Murshed, Broken Milestones, page 433:

     "Sala you are a kunjoos," he says. "Don't be mean. After I am going to be your brother-in-law." "Don't be presumptuous," I say.

   • 2007, Vivek Iyer, Whiskey's Secret, page 50:

     You really are kunjoos!" Sumati complained, her Ludhiana background asserting itself in the accent she gave the Hindi word for miser.