hundi
hundi noun: synonym of hawala (“informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East”).
Noun
hundi (countable and uncountable, plural hundis or hundies)
- Synonym of hawala (“informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East”).
- Synonyms:
- hawala
- A collection box used in Indian temples to collect cash offerings from devotees.
- Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) runs one of India's most elaborate donation-management systems. With hundi offerings of Rs 1,738 crore in 2025-26—about Rs 4.75 crore a day—the temple has to replace 12-18 cash receptacles daily. The sealed hundis are moved under...2026 July 13, “How big temples guard their donations”, in India Today, volume 51, number 27, page 30
hundi meaning in Tamil and Telugu
hundi in Tamil
- உண்டியல்
hundi in Telugu
- hundi
- హుండీ huṇḍī
Synonyms of hundi
Forms of hundi
| plural | hundis |
|---|---|
| plural | hundies |
| alternative form | hundee |
Origin of hundi
Borrowed from Gujarati and Kachchi હૂંડી (huṇḍī), and Hindustani (Hindi हुंडी (huṇḍī) / Urdu ہُنْڈی (huṇḍī)), ultimately derived from Sanskrit हुण्डिका (huṇḍikā).
Questions about hundi
- What does hundi mean?
- Hundi means synonym of hawala (“informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East”).
- What is hundi in Tamil?
- Hundi in Tamil is உண்டியல். See Hundi meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hundi?
- Hundi is a noun.
- What is the plural of hundi?
- The plural of hundi is hundis.
Words near hundi in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hundi (page history and authors); hundi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); హుండీ (Telugu) (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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