रोकड़

See also: रोकड़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

रोकड़ा (rokṛā)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀭𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*rokka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-)[1], from Sanskrit रोक (roka, “buying with ready money”). Compare Punjabi ਰੋਕੜ (rokaṛ) / روکَڑ‎ (rokaṛ), Sindhi روڪَڙِ‎ / रोकड़ि, Gujarati રોકડ (rokaḍ), Marathi रोकड (rokaḍ), Telugu రొక్కము (rokkamu), Kannada ರೊಕ್ಕ (rokka), Tamil ரொக்கம் (rokkam).

Noun

रोकड़ • (rokaṛ) f (Urdu spelling روکَڑ‎)

ready money, hard cash
Synonym: नक़द (naqad)
gold, jewels, valuables, stock, etc. (as convertible into hard cash)

Declension

Declension of रोकड़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रोकड़ rokaṛ	रोकड़ें rokaṛẽ
oblique	रोकड़ rokaṛ	रोकड़ों rokaṛõ
vocative	रोकड़ rokaṛ	रोकड़ो rokaṛo

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*rōkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

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

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