Kaudi, Kauḍi: 3 definitions

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Kaudi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Kauḍi (कौडि) is a Sanskrit word referring to “small conchshells”.

Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kauḍī (कौडी):—(nf) a cowrie, —small shell; —[kaphana ko na honā] to be too indigent, to be penniless; —[kā, do] not worth a farthing, utterly unworthy; —,[kānī/phūṭī] a bad cowrie, a disfigured cowrie; —[bhī na honā] not to have even a farthing, to have no money whatever; —[kāma kā nahīṃ] of absolutely no avail; utterly insignificant; —[ke tīna-tīna] dirt/damn cheap; —[ke mola] dirt/ damn cheap, almost free; —[ke mola na pūchanā] to consider as worthless/as of no avail; —[ke mola bikanā] to go very cheap; to lose all respect; —[kauḍī ko muhatāja] utterly indigent; —[galata paḍanā] to misfire, to hit off the mark; —[kauḍī cukānā] to pay off every farthing; —[kauḍī joḍanā] to save up every farthing; to be very miserly; —[kauḍī dāṃta se pakaḍanā] to be a stickler for every penny, to look twice at a penny; —[kauḍī bharanā] to repay to the last farthing; —[kauḍī se māyā juḍatī hai] penny and penny laid up will be many; —[bhara] very little, very meagre in quantity.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kauḍi (ಕೌಡಿ):—

1) [noun] the condition or fact of having a fork at one end (as a stick).

2) [noun] division into two parts, groups or classes, esp. when these are sharply distinguished or opposed; dichotomy.

3) [noun] a branch of a family.

4) [noun] a pair of ornamental lines woven at the border of a dhōti, shawl or a blanket.

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Kaudi (ಕೌದಿ):—[noun] old worn clothes; a sheet of cloth made by stitching small torn cloth pieces; rags.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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