🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

पूंजी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pūnjī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Capital/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"व्यवसाय शुरू करने के लिए पूंजी की आवश्यकता होती है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing.

    "The startup successfully raised enough venture capital to launch its new product."
  2. 2

    The most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administration.

    "Lisbon is the vibrant political and cultural capital of Portugal."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'capital' originates from the Latin 'capitale', meaning 'of the head', which evolved through Old French into Middle English. Historically, it has come to denote wealth in the form of money or assets used for investment.

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