कौड़ी

Hindi[уреди]

Alternative forms[уреди]

कौडी (kauḍī)

Etymology[уреди]

Inherited from Санскрт कपर्दिका (kapardikā), ultimately of Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 1276: attempt to index field 'type' (a nil value). extraction.

Pronunciation[уреди]

МФА^(кључ): /kɔː.ɽiː/

Noun[уреди]

कौड़ी (kauṛī)

(historical) a cowry, shell used as a token in barter
any small amount of money
दो कौड़ी का ― do kauṛī kā ― poor; worthless (literally, “worth two cowries”)

Declension[уреди]

Declension of कौड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कौड़ी kauṛī	कौड़ियाँ kauṛiyā̃
oblique	कौड़ी kauṛī	कौड़ियों kauṛiyõ
vocative	कौड़ी kauṛī	कौड़ियो kauṛiyo

Descendants[уреди]

→ Енглески: cowrie
→ Француски: cauri
→ Swahili: kauri

Related terms[уреди]

निकौड़िया (nikauṛiyā)

References[уреди]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “kauṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 218