different between bunniah vs bunnia
bunniah
English
Alternative forms
- bunia
- bunnia
Noun
bunniah (plural bunniahs)
- (India) banker; moneylender
- (India) merchant; petty trader
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bunnia
English
Alternative forms
- bania, bunia, bunniah
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi ????? (baniy?), ultimately from Sanskrit ????? (va?ij). Doublet of banyan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?nj?/
Noun
bunnia (plural bunnias)
- (India) A merchant or trader.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In the House of Suddhoo’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 103:
- I dare not tell, do anything, or get anything done, because I am in debt to Bhangwan Dass the bunnia for two gold rings and a heavy anklet.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 84:
- Of what the Englishman's business would consist, the Raja made no enquiry: he was a zemindar after all, not a bania in a bazar, sitting cross-legged on a countertop.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In the House of Suddhoo’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 103:
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- Nubian
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