Urdu Dictionary

کوڙي कौड़ी kauṛī

H کوڙي कौड़ी kauṛī [Prk. कवड्डिआ; S. कपर्दिका],

s.f. A small shell (used as a coin), a 'cowrie,' Cyprœa moneta;—money, wealth; earnings; price; fare, hire;—a gland;—the breast-bone, the point of the sternum or ensiform cartilage (so called from its fancied resemblance to a cowrie);—a white speck at the root of a finger-nail:—kauṛī-bhar, A little, very little:—kauṛī-kauṛī, or kauṛī-kauṛī-bhar, Every cowrie, full amount up to the last cowrie:—kauṛī-kauṛī adā karnā (or ćukānā, or denā), To pay every cowrie, to pay in full:—kauṛī-kauṛī-bhar pānā, To receive every cowrie, to be paid in full:—kauṛī-kauṛī joṛnā, To save up every cowrie:—kauṛī-kauṛī-ko tang honā (or ḥairān honā), To be pinched (or put to one's wit's end) for every cowrie; to be in great distress; to be reduced to beggary; to become a pauper:—kauṛī-kauṛī lenā (-se), To exact every cowrie (from); to receive the full amount up to the last cowrie:—kauṛī-ko na pūćhnā, To make not the least inquiry after; not to value at a cowrie; to hold in no esteem:—kauṛī-ke tīn-tīn honā, To be (selling) at the rate of three for a cowrie; to be held very cheap:—kauṛī-ke kām-kā nahīṅ, Not worth a cowrie, worthless, good-for-nothing:—kauṛiyoṅ-ke mol, Purchased for a few cowries, very cheap: phūṭī kauṛī, or kānī kauṛī, or jhinjī kauṛī, s.f. A broken, or perforated, or rubbed and worn, cowrie; a bad cowrie; a bit of money of the lowest value:—do kauṛī-kā ādmī, A worthless person:—do kauṛī-kī 'izzat karnā (-kī), 'To reduce (one's) honour to the value of two cowries'; to dishonour, disgrace;—to make (oneself) cheap.

قيدي qaidī rel. n. fr. qaid

P قيدي qaidī (rel. n. fr. qaid), s.m. A captive; a prisoner, a convict.

قاعده qāʻida for A. قاعدة qāʻidat, fem. of qāʻid, act. part. of قعد 'to sit,' c.

P قاعده qāʻida (for A. قاعدة qāʻidat, fem. of qāʻid, act. part. of قعد 'to sit,' &c.), s.m. Basis, foundation, groundwork; base (of a geom. fig., or of a column); a pedestal; (in Gram.) a rule;—rule, regulation, law, institute, precept, maxim; formula; institution; usual course of procedure, custom, usage, habit, practice, mode, manner, way; manners, etiquette;—regularity, uniformity;—a first reading-book, a primer:—qāʻida bāṅdhnā (-kā), or qāʼida muqarrar karnā (-ko), To make a rule (of), to make (one's) established custom or practice, &c.; to regulate, fix, determine, establish; to prescribe, ordain; to provide, stipulate:—qāʻide-dān, s.m. One versed in rules of practice, or forms, or customs, or ceremonies; an expert, an authority:—qāʻide-se or hasb-ě-qāʼida, adv. According to rule or practice, as usual; in due course or form; in order; according to the rank or social condition (of, -ke).

کده kada

P کده kada [Pehl. kadak, katak; Zend kata, rt. kan = S. khan], s.m. Habitation, house; place, &c. (used as last member of comp., e.g. ātash-kada, 'place of fire,' a temple of the Magi;—mai-kada, 'a wine-cellar,' 'a tavern—mātam-kada, 'a house of mourning').

کوڙا कौड़ा kauṛā

H کوڙا कौड़ा kauṛā [S. कपर्दकः; Prk. कवड्डओ], s.m. A large shell or cowrie (see kauṛī);—kauṛe, s.m. pl. Cowries, money, wealth; price:—kauṛe karnā (-ko), To turn into cowries or cash; to sell; to sell cheap.