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सवाई sawā`ī[Prk. सवाइआ; S. सपािदका], s.f. Excess by a fourth; (or siwā`ī) a rate of interest on seed-grain advanced, a maund and a quarter to be repaid at harvest for every maund lent at sowing time; (or sawā`ī-kārassā) the name of the rope (turned in four or in two directions) which is fastened to the top of a tent-pole; name of a measure in Prākrit verse (see sawāyā);—(local) the venereal disease.
Origin: Hindi