The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromحَوَالَة
- Arabic · borrowed fromحَوَالَة
- English todayhawala
Borrowed from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “transfer, trust”).
Words from the same roots
Arabicحَوَالَة all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hawala
Today it means: A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers. Full definition →
Arabic حَوَالَة