पैसा

See also: पासे and पास

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद (pada, “quarter”) +‎ अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

पैसा • (paisā) m (Urdu spelling پیسا)

1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth 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. money, wealth, riches

   उनसे इस व्यापार में बहुत पैसा कमाया।

   unse is vyāpār mẽ bahut paisā kamāyā.

   He earned a lot of money in this business.

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَيْسَة (baysa)
  • → Amharic: ቤሳ (besa)
  • Omani Arabic: بيسة (baisa)
  • → Somali: besa
    • → Italian: besa
• → Burmese: ပိုက်ဆံ (puikhcam)
  • → Mon: ပဆာန်
  • → Shan: ပႅၵ်ႉသၢၼ်ႇ (pḛ̂k sàan)
• → Dhivehi: ފައިސާ‎ (faisā‎)
• → English: paisa
• → Kannada: ಪೈಸಾ (paisā)
• → Malayalam: പൈസ (paisa)
• → Mauritian Creole: paisa
• → Pashto: پيسې
  • → Persian: پیسه (Dari)
• → Swahili: pesa
  • → German: pesa
  • → Kikuyu: mbeca
  • → Luo: pesa
• → Tamil: பைசா (paicā)
• → Telugu: పైసా (paisā)

References

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

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Nepali

Noun

पैसा • (paisā)

1. paisa
2. money