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bunnia India.|ˈbʌnjə|
Also buneeya, bunia, -ar; bunneah, bunniah, bunnya; bania, -(i)ya.
[Hind. banyā, a. Gujarati vāniya (see banian).]
A trader or merchant. Also attrib.
The usual form now is bania.
1794Morse Amer. Geogr. 687 The tribe of Beise, who are chiefly merchants, bankers, and banias or shopkeepers. 1829Encycl. Metrop. XX. 33/2 Some of the Banyás are Awaks, or seceders from the Brahmanical faith. 1879Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 77 The native bunniahs..do not give long credit. 1880Encycl. Brit. XII. 760/1 In the interior of the Bombay Presidency, business is mainly divided between two classes, the Baniyas of Guzerat and the Marwaris from Rajputana. 1926Blackw. Mag. Dec. 799/1 The Hindu Bunia in remote villages is still bullied by the wealthy zamindar of the neighbourhood. 1936J. Nehru Autobiogr. liii. 432 The bania civilisation of the capitalist West. 1945‘P. Woodruff’ Call Next Witness i. 30 Banias reckoning the day's gains. |