चवन्नी

Hindi

Etymology

From चौ- (cau-, “four”) +‎ आना (ānā, “anna”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.ʋən.niː/, [t͡ʃɐ.ʋɐ̃n.niː]

Noun

चवन्नी • (cavannī) m

1. four-anna coin (¼ of a rupee)

Declension

Declension of चवन्नी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चवन्नी cavannī	चवन्नी cavannī
oblique	चवन्नी cavannī	चवन्नियों cavanniyõ
vocative	चवन्नी cavannī	चवन्नियो cavanniyo

References

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