पैसा

See also: पासे and पास

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *ped-óm

Proto-Indo-Iranian *padám

Proto-Indo-Aryan *padám

Sanskrit प॒द (padá)

Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónḱos?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánćas

Sanskrit अंश॑ (áṃśa)

Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa)

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पयंस (payaṃsa)

Hindi पैसा

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पयंस (payaṃsa), from Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa, “quarter part”), from प॒द (padá, “quarter”) + अंश॑ (áṃśa, “part, piece”). The name is in reference to the coin being worth a quarter of an anna. False cognate of Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɛː.sɑː/, [pɛː.säː]

Noun

पैसा • (paisā) m (Urdu spelling پیسہ)

1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a rupee)

   एक रुपये में सौ पैसे होते हैं‍।

   ek rupye mẽ sau paise hote ha͠i‍.

   There are a hundred paisas in a rupee.

   1. (historical) a quarter anna (¹⁄₆₄ of a rupee)
2. (figurative) money, wealth, riches

   उसने इस व्यापार में बहुत पैसा कमाया।

   usne is vyāpār mẽ bahut paisā kamāyā.

   He earned a lot of money in this business.

Declension

Declension of पैसा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पैसा paisā	पैसे paise
oblique	पैसे paise	पैसों paisõ
vocative	पैसे paise	पैसो paiso

Descendants

• Caribbean Hindustani: paisa
  • → Sranan Tongo: paisa
• → Arabic: بَيْسَة (baysa)
  • → Amharic: ቤሳ (besa)
  • Omani Arabic: بيسة (baisa)
  • → Somali: besa
    • → Italian: besa
• → Bengali: পয়সা (poẏośa)
• → Sylheti: ꠙꠂꠍꠣ (foisá)
• → Burmese: ပိုက်ဆံ (puikhcam) (see there for further descendants)
• →? Dari: پَیسَه (paysa)
• → Dhivehi: ފައިސާ (faisā)
• → English: paisa
• →? Gujarati: પૈસો (paiso)
• → Kannada: ಪೈಸಾ (paisā)
• → Khumi Chin: phawisae
• →? Konkani: पैसा (paisā)
• → Malayalam: പൈസ (paisa)
• →? Marathi: पैसा (paisā)
• → Mauritian Creole: paysa
• →? Nepali: पैसा (paisā)
• →? Odia: ପଇସା (paisā)
• → Pashto: (from the plural) پيسې (paise)
• → Palula: paisá
• → Punjabi: paisā

  Gurmukhi script: ਪੈਸਾ

  Shahmukhi script: پیسہ

• → Sindhi: پَيسو (paiso)
• → Swahili: pesa
  • → German: pesa
  • → Kikuyu: mbeca
  • → Luo: pesa
• → Tamil: பைசா (paicā)
• → Telugu: పైసా (paisā)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “पैसा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “पैसा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “padāṁśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *ped-óm

Proto-Indo-Iranian *padám

Proto-Indo-Aryan *padám

Sanskrit प॒द (padá)

Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónḱos?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánćas

Sanskrit अंश॑ (áṃśa)

Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa)

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पयंस (payaṃsa)

Hindi पैसा (paisā)bor.?

Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa)bor.?

Marathi पैसा

Possibly borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā) or Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəi.sa/

Noun

पैसा • (paisā) m (plural पैसे)

1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a rupee)
2. money, wealth

   Synonyms: अर्थ (artha), वित्त (vitta)

   त्यांच्याकडे खूप पैसा आहे.

   tyāñcyākḍe khūp paisā āhe.

   He has so much money.

Declension

Declension of पैसा (masc ā-stem)

	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	पैसा paisā	पैसे paise
oblique सामान्यरूप	पैशा-3 paiśā-3	पैशां-3 paiśā̃-3
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	पैशाला, पैशास1, पैशाते2 paiśālā, paiśās1, paiśāte2	पैशांना, पैशांस1, पैशांते2 paiśā̃nā, paiśā̃sa1, paiśā̃te2
ergative	पैशाने, पैशानं paiśāne, paiśāna	पैशांनी paiśā̃nī
instrumental	पैशाशी paiśāśī	पैशांशी paiśā̃śī
locative सप्तमी	पैशात paiśāt	पैशांत paiśā̃ta
vocative संबोधन	पैशा paiśā	पैशांनो paiśā̃no

¹Formal, or for the addressee in the beginning of a letter, or in Nagpuri dialect.
²Archaic.
³The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition.

Genitive declension of पैसा (masc ā-stem)

	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	पैशाचा paiśāċā	पैशाचे paiśāċe	पैशाची paiśācī	पैशाच्या paiśācā	पैशाचे, पैशाचं paiśāċe, paiśāċa	पैशाची paiśācī	पैशाच्या1 paiśācā1
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	पैशांचा paiśā̃ċā	पैशांचे paiśā̃ċe	पैशांची paiśā̃cī	पैशांच्या paiśā̃cā	पैशांचे, पैशांचं paiśā̃ċe, paiśā̃ċa	पैशांची paiśā̃cī	पैशांच्या1 paiśā̃cā1

¹For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Nepali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *ped-óm

Proto-Indo-Iranian *padám

Proto-Indo-Aryan *padám

Sanskrit प॒द (padá)

Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónḱos?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánćas

Sanskrit अंश॑ (áṃśa)

Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa)

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पयंस (payaṃsa)

Hindi पैसा (paisā)bor.?

Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa)bor.?

Nepali पैसा

Possibly borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā) or Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʌi̯sä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: पैसा

Noun

पैसा • (paisā)

1. money
2. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a rupee)