વાણિયો

Gujarati

FWOTD – 5 December 2023

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati वाणीउा, वाणीडु (vāṇīḍu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀬 (vāṇiaya), from Sanskrit वाणिज (vāṇijá), from वणिज् (vaṇíj, merchant, trader).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑ.ɳɪ.jo/
  • Rhymes: -jɔ
  • Hyphenation: વા‧ણિ‧યો

Noun

વાણિયો • (vāṇiyo) m

  1. Bania (a member of the Bania caste)
  2. (by extension, especially Hindu) merchant, trader
    • 2007, Shamal Bhatt, Hasu Yajnik, Rūpāvatī, page 29:
      યોડું આગળ ચાલ્યો કે તળાવ આવ્યું ! એનાં કાંઠે બેઠેલો ઘરો વાણિયો બોલ્યો: હું બીજાપુરનો વહાણવટી વાણિયો છું પણ વાંઝિયો છું.
      yoḍũ āgaḷ cālyo ke taḷāv āvyũ ! enā̃ kā̃ṭhe beṭhelo gharo vāṇiyo bolyo: hũ bījāpurno vahāṇavṭī vāṇiyo chũ paṇ vā̃jhiyo chũ.
      As he walked further he came across a pond! The merchant sat on the bank and said: ‘I am Bijapur’s overseas merchant, yet I am unsuccessful.’
  3. dragonfly
  • વાણોતર (vāṇotar)

Descendants

  • Arabic: بُنْيَان (bunyān)

Further reading

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