hawala
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hawala
- /həˈwɑːlə/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “transfer, trust”).
noun hawalas · hawalla · hewala · havala · xawala · havaleh
- A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers.
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Talk about this word "hawala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hawala. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hawala. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hawala "hawala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hawala.Cite this
@misc{hawala_2026,
title = {hawala},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hawala},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
