कौड़ी kauṛī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

A small shell (used as a coin), a 'cowrie,' Cyprœa moneta.

Usual translation

  1. shell

Origin of the definition

कौड़ी kauṛī kauṛi: (nf) a cowrie, —small shell

H کوڙي कौड़ी kauṛī [Prk. कवड्डिआ; S. कपर्दिका], s.f. A small shell (used as a coin), a 'cowrie,' Cyprœa moneta; — money, wealth; earnings; price; fare, hire; — a gland; — the breast-bone, the point of the sternum or ensiform cartilage (so called from its fancied resemblance to a cowrie); — a white speck at the root of a finger-nail.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

408 occurrences

In 253 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Wednesday 5 May 2021