rupee

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Etymology

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupayā)

from Urdu رپيا (rupayā), coined by Mughal emperor Sher Shah Suri (1540–45)

from Sanskrit रूप्यकं (rūpyakam, “silver coin”)

from Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”)

Noun

rupee (plural rupees)

1. The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, or Mauritius.
2. A silver coin, circulating in India 16th–20th centuries, weighing 170–180 troy grains (180 troy grains from 1833) or one tola.

Related terms

• rupiah
• rufiyah

Translations

monetary currency

• Arabic: روبية (ar) (rubíyya) f

  Egyptian Arabic: روبيه f

• Belarusian: рупія (be) (rúpija) f
• Bulgarian: рупия (bg) (rúpija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧比 (cmn), 卢比 (cmn) (lúbǐ)

• Czech: rupie (cs) f
• Dhivehi: ރުފިޔާ (dv) (rufiyā)
• Dutch: roepie (nl) m
• French: roupie (fr) f
• German: Rupie (de) f
• Greek: ρουπία (el) (roupía) f
• Gujarati: રૂપિયો (gu) (rupiyo)
• Hebrew: רופי (he)
• Hindi: रुपया (hi) (rupyā) m
• Hungarian: rúpia (hu)
• Italian: rupia (it) f
• Japanese: ルピー (ja) (rupī)
• Kannada: ರೂಪಾಯಿ (kn) (rūpāyi)
• Korean: 루피 (ko) (rupi)
• Macedonian: рупија (mk) (rúpija) f
• Malayalam: രൂപ (ml) (rūpa)

• Marathi: रुपया (mr) (rupayā)
• Navajo: róópii
• Nepali: रुपैया (ne) (rupaiyā)
• Pashto: روپۍ (ps) (rupëi)
• Persian: روپیہ (fa)
• Polish: rupia (pl) f
• Punjabi: ਰੁਪਈਆ (pa) (rupiā)
• Russian: рупия (ru) (rúpija) f
• Sanskrit: रूप्यकम् (sa) (rupyakam)
• Serbo-Croatian: рупија (sh), rupija (sh) f
• Sinhalese: රුපියල (si) (rupiyal)
• Slovak: rupia (sk) f
• Slovene: rupija (sl) f
• Spanish: rupia (es) f
• Tamil: உரூபாய் (ta) (urūpāy), ரூபாய் (ta) (rūpāy)
• Telugu: రూపాయలు (te) (rūpāyi)
• Thai: รูปี (th) (roo-bpee)
• Turkish: rupi (tr)
• Ukrainian: рупія (uk) (rúpija) f
• Urdu: روپیہ (ur) (rupyā)

References

Platts, John T. (1884), A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., pp. 586, 604.

Anagrams

• puree, purée