different between wonga vs wongay

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani wangar (“coal”), from Sanskrit ?????? (á?g?ra, “charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háng?ras, from Proto-Indo-European *h?óng?l?. The English term coal was itself used as a slang term for money in England in the 18th and 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w????/
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

wonga (uncountable)

1. (slang, Britain, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money

   • 2009, K. O. Dahl, The Fourth Man: A Thriller, Minotaur Books (?ISBN), page 59:

     I don't mean to be difficult, I said to the madame in reception, but I'm paying a lot of wonga, so these women of yours should be able to manage a bit of service, shouldn't they, I said, and then I was given a voucher.

Further reading

• “wonga”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Gowan, Wagon, gowan, wagon, wango

English

Alternative forms

• wongi

Noun

wongay

1. (Australia) Manilkara kauki, a sapotaceous plant with an edible orange-red fruit

See also

• wongai

Anagrams

• gowany