Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī́, sack), from Dravidian.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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गनी (ganīf (Urdu spelling گنی)

  1. sack, gunny

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: gunny
  • Omani Arabic: قُوْنِيَّة (or from Gujarati etc.)

References

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