پیسہ

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See also: پیشہ, پیشه, بیشه, تیشه, and پیسه

Baluchi

Noun

پیسہ • (paysa)

  1. money

See also

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi پیسا (pysa) (c. 1528),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), from Sanskrit *पदांश (padāṃśa, “quarter part”), from पद (pada, “quarter”) +‎ अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”),[2] in reference to the coin being worth a quarter of an anna.

Pronunciation

Noun

پَیسَہ • (paisa) m (Hindi spelling पैसा)

  1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to 1⁄100 of a rupee)
  2. money, cash
  3. wealth

Declension

    Declension of پیسہ
singular plural
direct پَیسَہ (paisah) پَیسے (paise)
oblique پَیسے (paise) پَیسوں (paisõ)
vocative پَیسے (paise) پَیسو (paiso)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “پیسہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “padāṃśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

More information
  • “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.
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