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benami

benami noun: property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.

Noun

benami (countable and uncountable, plural benamis)

  1. (South-Asia) Property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.
  2. (South-Asia) A person owning such property.

benami meaning in Tamil and Urdu

benami in Tamil

பதிலி

benami in Urdu

benami, offshore, undisclosed
بے نامی benāmī

Forms of benami

pluralbenamis

Origin of benami

Borrowed from Hindustani بے نامی (be nāmī) / बेनामी (benāmī, “nameless”), defined in the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act of 1988.

Questions about benami

What does benami mean?
Benami means property that is transacted under the name of a proxy to conceal the identity of the buyer.
What is benami in Tamil?
Benami in Tamil is பதிலி. See Benami meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is benami?
Benami is a noun.
What is the plural of benami?
The plural of benami is benamis.

Words near benami in the dictionary

  1. benamee
  2. benameedar
  3. benameedars
  4. benamees
  5. benames
  6. benami
  7. benamidar
  8. benamidars
  9. benaming
  10. benamis
  11. Benandarah

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: benami (page history and authors); Benami (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بے نامی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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