hundi

See also: hundí

English

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hundi

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Alternative forms

• hundee

Etymology

From Hindustani ہنڈی / हुंडी (huṇḍī).

Noun

hundi (countable and uncountable, plural hundis or hundies)

1. hawala (informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East)
2. a collection box used in Indian temples to collect cash offerings from devotees

Anagrams

• Hindu, unhid

Estonian

Noun

hundi

1. genitive singular of hunt

Icelandic

Noun

hundi

1. indefinite dative singular of hundur

Ido

Noun

hundi

1. plural of hundo

Old Norse

Noun

hundi

1. dative singular of hundr

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu ہُنْڈی (hunḍī) / Hindi हुण्डी (huṇḍī).^[1]

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

hundi (n class, plural hundi)

1. cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)

   Synonym: cheki

Derived terms

• kitabu cha hundi (“chequebook”)

References

1. Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language‎, volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10