कौड़ी

Hindi

Alternative forms

कौडी (kauḍī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kavaḍḍiyā), from Sanskrit कपर्दिका (kapardikā), ultimately of Dravidian extraction.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɔː.ɽiː/

Noun

कौड़ी • (kauṛī) f (Urdu spelling کوڑی)

(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

Declension of कौड़ी (fem ī-stem)

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

Related terms

निकौड़िया (nikauṛiyā)

Descendants

→ English: cowrie, cowry, kauri
→ French: cauri
→ Swahili: kauri

References

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

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