હૂંડી

Gujarati

Etymology

Uncertain. From Sanskrit हुण्डिका (huṇḍikā, “bill of exchange”),[1] or unlikely Classical Persian هُنْدُووِی (hundūwī, “bill of exchange”).[2] Cognate with Bengali হুণ্ডি (hunḍi), Hindustani ہُنْڈی / हुंडी (huṇḍī), Marathi हुंडी (huṇḍī), Odia ହୁଣ୍ଡି (huṇḍi), Punjabi ہُنڈِی / ਹੁਂਦੀ (hundī).

Pronunciation

Noun

હૂંડી • (huṇḍī) f

  1. (banking) cheque; bill of exchange
    Synonym: ચેક (cek)

Declension

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

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “huṇḍikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 817
  2. ^ ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “હૂંડી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 9238.
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