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2025
hawala
hawala
English
Noun
hawala
(
uncountable
)
A long-established
informal
system
of
money
transfer
from
India
and the
Middle East
, still in use by
migrant
workers
.
Derived terms
hawaladar
See also
hawala
on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
Etymology
From
Arabic
حَوَالَة
(
ḥawāla
,
“
transfer, trust
”
)
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