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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

पूंजी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pūnjī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Capital/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/
nounadjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #450 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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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'capitalis', meaning 'of the head', stemming from 'caput' (head). During the Middle Ages, the term evolved to denote the chief city of a region, uppercase letters standing at the head of a sentence, and accumulated wealth used to generate more wealth.

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