rupia

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːpi.ə/

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• Rhymes: -uːpiə

From Ancient Greek ῥυπία (rhupía), from ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”).

rupia (plural rupias)

1. (pathology) An ulcer due to syphilis.

• rupial

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rupia (plural rupias)

1. (historical) The former currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.

• rupee
• rupiah

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ruˈpi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ruˈpi.a]

rupia f (plural rupies)

1. rupee (currency)

• “rupia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “rupia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “rupia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrupiɑ/, [ˈrupiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -upiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ru‧pi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): ru‧pia

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), रुपया (rupyā) and/or Urdu رپیا (rupyā), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

rupia

1. rupee
2. rupia

• “rupia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

rupia

1. partitive plural of rupi
2. (dialectal) partitive singular of rupi

• (singular, standard) rupea (noun form)

rupia

1. (dialectal) present active indicative connegative of ruveta
2. (dialectal) second-person singular present imperative of ruveta
3. (dialectal) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of ruveta

• (standard) rupea (verb form)

• apuri, pirua

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā)/Urdu رپیا (rupyā), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /ruˈpi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ru‧pì‧a

rupia f (plural rupie)

1. rupia, rupee (currency)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “dirt, filth”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.pja/
• Rhymes: -upja
• Hyphenation: rù‧pia

rupia f (plural rupie)

1. (pathology) a kind of ulcer

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā), from Urdu رپیا (rupayā), coined by Mughal emperor Sher Shah Suri (1540–45), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

• IPA^(key): /ruˈpia/, [ru.ˈpʰi.a]
• Hyphenation: ru‧pi‧a

rupia (Lontara spelling ᨑᨘᨄᨗᨕ)

1. (dated) The guilder (before 1950)

   Sibatu rupia tassampulo uang anggaʼna.

   A guilder worth ten doits.

   Sibatu rupia mata-uang.

   A silver guilder.

2. The rupiah (the official currency of Indonesia)

   Ballinna anjo bajua sibilanngang saʼbu rupia.

   The price of the clothes is one hundred thousand rupiah.

   Limassaʼbu rupia doeʼna.

   The money is five thousand rupiah.

• Burarra: rrupiya
• Dhuwal: rrupiya
• Iwaidja: rubiya
• Maung: rrupiya
• Tiwi: wurrupiya

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[2], Brill, →DOI

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā).

rupia f (plural rupias)

1. rupee (currency unit used in India, Pakistan and other countries)

• IPA^(key): /ˈrupja/ [ˈru.pja]
• Rhymes: -upja
• Syllabification: ru‧pia

rupia f (plural rupias)

1. any of several current and historical currencies, including the rupee, rupiah, and rupia

• “rupia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā).^[1]

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rupia class IX (plural rupia class X)

1. The rupee, an Indian unit of currency formerly used in East Africa.