रोकड़

See also: रोकड़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• रोकड़ा (rokṛā)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀭𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*rokka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-),^[1] from Sanskrit रोक (roka, “buying with ready money”). Compare Punjabi ਰੋਕੜ (rokaṛ) / روکَڑ (rokaṛ), Sindhi روڪَڙِ / रोकड़ि, Gujarati રોકડ (rokaḍ), Marathi रोकड (rokaḍ), Telugu రొక్కము (rokkamu), Kannada ರೊಕ್ಕ (rokka), Tamil ரொக்கம் (rokkam), Malayalam റൊക്കം (ṟokkaṁ).

Noun

रोकड़ • (rokaṛ) f (Urdu spelling روکَڑ)

1. ready money, hard cash

   Synonym: नक़द (naqad)

2. gold, jewels, valuables, stock, etc. (as convertible into hard cash)

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	रोकड़ rokaṛ	रोकड़ें rokaṛẽ
oblique	रोकड़ rokaṛ	रोकड़ों rokaṛõ
vocative	रोकड़ rokaṛ	रोकड़ो rokaṛo

Declension of रोकड़ (fem cons-stem)

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*rōkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

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