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Baluchi
Noun
پیسہ • (paysa)
- money
See also
Urdu
Alternative forms
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
Noun
پَیسَہ • (paisa) m (Hindi spelling पैसा)
- paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to 1⁄100 of a rupee)
- money, cash
- wealth
Declension
| Declension of پیسہ
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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پَیسہ (paisah)
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پَیسے (paise)
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| oblique
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پَیسے (paise)
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پَیسوں (paisõ)
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| vocative
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پَیسے (paise)
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پَیسو (paiso)
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Descendants
Further reading
- “پیسہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پیسہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پیسہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.