रूप्य

See also: रुपये, रुपियाँ, and रुपया

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৰূপ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬹᬧ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• রূপ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰳𑰢𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀽𑀧𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ရူပျ (Burmese script)
• રૂપ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਰੂਪ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍂𑌪𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦹꦥꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂴𑂣𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ರೂಪ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• រូប្យ (Khmer script)
• ຣູປ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• രൂപ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡠᡠᢒᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘴𑘢𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠤᠤᢒᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧕𑧂𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐹𑐥𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ରୂପ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢹꢦ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆷𑆥𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑗝𑖢𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• රූප්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩒𑩛𑩰 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚱𑚞𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ரூப்ய (Tamil script)
• రూప్య (Telugu script)
• รูปฺย (Thai script)
• རཱུ་པྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒴𑒣𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨃𑨊𑨞𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from रूप् (rūp).

Adjective

रूप्य • (rūpya)

1. well-shaped, beautiful (Pāṇ.)
2. stamped, impressed.
3. to be denoted (or capable of being denoted) figuratively or metaphorically (Sāh.)

Noun

रूप्य • (rūpya) stem, n

1. silver (Mn., MBh.)

   Synonym: रजत (rajatá)

2. wrought silver or gold, stamped coin, rupee.

Descendants

• Bengali: রুপা (rupa), রুপো (rupō)
• → Khmer: រូបិយ (ruupəyyea)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रूप्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0885.