कौड़ी
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- कौडी (kauḍī)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kavaḍḍiyā), from Sanskrit कपर्दिका (kapardikā), ultimately of Dravidian extraction.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Declension of कौड़ी (fem ī-stem)
Related terms edit
- निकौड़िया (nikauṛiyā)
Descendants edit
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “kauṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 218