कौड़ी

Hindi uredi

Alternative forms uredi

कौडी (kauḍī)

Etymology uredi

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

Pronunciation uredi

MFA^(ključ): /kɔː.ɽiː/

Noun uredi

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 uredi

Declension of कौड़ी (fem ī-stem)

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

Descendants uredi

→ Engleski: cowrie
→ Francuski: cauri
→ Swahili: kauri

Related terms uredi

निकौड़िया (nikauṛiyā)

References uredi

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