पैका

Marathi

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Sanskrit पद (pada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) + -𑀓- (-ka-). Compare Hindi पैसा (paisā, “money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəi.ka/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: पै‧का

Noun

पैका • (paikā) m

1. money

   Synonym: पैसा (paisā)

Further reading

• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पैका”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “पैका”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पैका”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press