روپیہ

• رُوپَیَا (rūpayā)

Borrowed from Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾʊ.pə.jɑː/
  • (dated) IPA^(key): /ɾʊp.jɑ(ː)/, [ɾʊ.pɪ.jɑ(ː)]
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [ɾʊ.pəj.jɑ(ː)]

رُوپَیَہ • (rūpaya) m (Hindi spelling रुपया)

1. (Currency) rupee
2. (Overseas, colloquial) a foreign currency of some kind.

   (by extension, US) US dollar

   (by extension, UK) British pound

3. (historical) silver; gold:
   1. wrought silver
   2. silver coin
4. (rare) cash
5. (figuratively) wealth, money

• “روپیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “روپیہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روپيہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “روپيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “روپيه”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 713
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