Where does “कंजूसी” come from?

कंजूसी (Hindi) comes from Hindi कंजूस — miserly, stingy.

कंजूसी (Hindi): miserliness, stinginess

Definitions

  1. miserliness, stinginess

Ancestry of “कंजूसी”, step by step

कंजूसी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi कंजूस

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकंजूसmiserly, stingy

via Hindi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindithe fourth vowel in Hindi
Every word from Hindi कंजूस