पैसा

See also: पासे and पास

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), from Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa, quarter part), from पद (pada, quarter) +‎ अंश (aṃśa, part, piece), in reference to the coin being worth a quarter of an anna.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

पैसा • (paisām (Urdu spelling پیسہ)

  1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to 1100 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 (164 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
  • Arabic: بَيْسَة (baysa)
    • Amharic: ቤሳ (besa)
    • Omani Arabic: بيسة (baisa)
    • Somali: besa
  • Bengali: পয়সা (poẏośa)
  • 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: paisa
  • ? Nepali: पैसा (paisā)
  • ? Odia: ପଇସା (paisā)
  • Pashto: (from the plural) پيسې (paise)
  • Phalura: paisá
  • Punjabi: paisā
    Gurmukhi script: ਪੈਸਾ
    Shahmukhi script: پیسہ
  • Sindhi: پَيسو (paiso)
  • Swahili: pesa
  • Tamil: பைசா (paicā)
  • Telugu: పైసా (paisā)

References

Marathi

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Hindustani पैसा / پَیسَہ (paisa) .[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəi.sa/

Noun

पैसा • (paisām (plural पैसे)

  1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to 1100 of a rupee)
  2. money, wealth
    Synonyms: अर्थ (artha), वित्त (vitta)
    त्यांच्याकडे खूप पैसा आहे.
    tyāñcyākḍe khūp paisā āhe.
    He has so much money.

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “padāṁśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Hindustani पैसा / پَیسَہ (paisa) .[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

पैसा • (paisā)

  1. money
  2. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to 1100 of a rupee)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “padāṁśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press