धणी

Marwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati धणी (dhaṇī), from Sanskrit धनिक (dhanika).[1] Cognate with Gujarati ધણી (dhaṇī), Hindustani دھنی / धनी (dhanī)

Noun

धणी (dhaṇī) m

  1. husband
  2. lord; master

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dhanín”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 384

Further reading

Old Gujarati

Noun

धणी • (dhaṇī) m

  1. lord
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