dadny
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi दादनी (dādnī), from Classical Persian دَادَن (dādan).
Noun edit
dadny (uncountable)
- (India, historical) An advance paid to a craftsman, a weaver, etc. by a trader in the goods produced.
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “dadny”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].