कौड़ी
Hindi
уредиAlternative forms
уреди- कौडी (kauḍī)
Etymology
уредиНаслеђено од Санскрт कपर्दिका (kapardikā), ultimately of Dravidian extraction.
Pronunciation
уредиNoun
уредиकौड़ी (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
уредиDeclension of कौड़ी (fem ī-stem)
Descendants
уредиRelated terms
уреди- निकौड़िया (nikauṛiyā)
References
уреди- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “kauṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 218