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hewala

hewala is the alternative form of hawala.

Meaning of hawala

Noun

hawala (countable and uncountable, plural hawalas)

  1. (Islamic finance) A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers.

Questions about hewala

What is hewala the alternative form of?
Hewala is the alternative form of hawala.

Words near hewala in the dictionary

  1. hew
  2. hew down
  3. hew out
  4. Hewa
  5. hewable
  6. hewala
  7. Hewanorra
  8. Heward
  9. Hewards
  10. Hewat
  11. hewe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hewala (page history and authors); hawala (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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