साहूकार

Hindi

Etymology

साहू (sāhū, “merchant; banker; gentleman”) +‎ -कार (-kār)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦuː.kɑːɾ/, [säː.ɦuː.käːɾ]

Noun

साहूकार • (sāhūkār) m

1. moneylender
2. (less common) merchant; shopkeeper

Declension

Declension of साहूकार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साहूकार sāhūkār	साहूकार sāhūkār
oblique	साहूकार sāhūkār	साहूकारों sāhūkārõ
vocative	साहूकार sāhūkār	साहूकारो sāhūkāro

Derived terms

• साहूकारी (sāhūkārī)

Descendants

• → English: sahukar
• → Tamil: ஸாஹுகார் (sāhukār)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “साहूकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1011