rupia

rupia

See also: rúpia and rúpía

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːpiə

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“filth”).

Noun

rupia (plural rupias)

1. (pathology) An ulcer due to syphilis.

Derived terms

• rupial

Noun

rupia (plural rupias)

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

See also

• rupee
• rupiah

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ruˈpi.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ruˈpi.a/

Noun

rupia f (plural rupies)

1. rupee (currency)

Further reading

• “rupia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rupia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “rupia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rupia

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

Synonyms

• (singular, standard) rupea

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rupia

1. rupee
2. rupia

Declension

Inflection of rupia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		rupia	rupiat
genitive		rupian	rupioiden rupioitten
partitive		rupiaa	rupioita
illative		rupiaan	rupioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rupia	rupiat
accusative	nom.	rupia	rupiat
	gen.	rupian
genitive		rupian	rupioiden rupioitten rupiainrare
partitive		rupiaa	rupioita
inessive		rupiassa	rupioissa
elative		rupiasta	rupioista
illative		rupiaan	rupioihin
adessive		rupialla	rupioilla
ablative		rupialta	rupioilta
allative		rupialle	rupioille
essive		rupiana	rupioina
translative		rupiaksi	rupioiksi
instructive		—	rupioin
abessive		rupiatta	rupioitta
comitative		—	rupioineen

Possessive forms of rupia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	rupiani	rupiamme
2nd person	rupiasi	rupianne
3rd person	rupiansa

Verb

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

Synonyms

• (standard) rupea

Anagrams

• apuri, pirua

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Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rupia f (plural rupie)

1. rupia, rupee (currency)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rupia f (plural rupie)

1. (pathology) a kind of ulcer

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/ [huˈpi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/ [huˈpi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/ [χuˈpi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈpi.a/ [huˈpi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/

Noun

rupia f (plural rupias)

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rupia f (plural rupias)

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

Further reading

• “rupia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

rupia (n class, plural rupia)

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