Dictionary/बनिया
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बनिया

baniyaa

Definitions

Noun

merchant, trader, shopkeeper

a member of the trading/merchant community; traditionally associated with the Vaishya varna; also a caste designation; can be used disparagingly to mean someone who is overly calculating with money; the English word 'banyan' derives from this

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