hundi

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hundi

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Borrowed from Hindustani हुंडी (huṇḍī) / Urdu ہُنْڈی (huṇḍī).

noun hundis · hundies · hundee

countable, uncountable Synonym of hawala (“informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East”).
Similar: hawala
countable, uncountable 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 tig

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@misc{hundi_2026,
  title = {hundi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hundi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}