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pawn meaning in Kannada

ಗಿರವಿ

/ˈpɔːn/

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pawn in Kannada: ಗಿರವಿ. In English, pawn means the state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.

Kannada words for pawn

ಗಿರವಿ

English meaning of pawn

  1. noun The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
  2. noun An instance of pawning something.
  3. noun An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
  4. noun A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

Full definition of pawn

pawn in a sentence

  • All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
  • Near-synonym: chess piece
  • Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.

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Questions about pawn in Kannada

What is the meaning of pawn in Kannada?
Pawn in Kannada is ಗಿರವಿ.
pawn ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Pawn: ಗಿರವಿ.
What does pawn mean in English?
Pawn means the state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.

Source and license

Kannada words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “pawn”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pawn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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