पैसा

पैसा

See also: पासे and पास

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पद (pada, “quarter”) +‎ अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɛː.sɑː/, [pɛː.s̪äː]

Noun

पैसा • (paisā) m (Urdu spelling پیسہ‎)

1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀ 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 (¹⁄₆₄ of a rupee)
2. money, wealth, riches

   उनसे इस व्यापार में बहुत पैसा कमाया।

   unse 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

• Bengali: পয়সা (pôyôsa)
• → Arabic: بَيْسَة‎ (baysa)
  • → Amharic: ቤሳ (besa)
  • Omani Arabic: بيسة‎ (baisa)
  • → Somali: besa
    • → Italian: besa
• → Burmese: ပိုက်ဆံ (puikhcam)
  • → Mon: ပဆာန်
  • → Shan: ပႅၵ်ႉသၢၼ်ႇ (pḛ̂k sàan)
• Caribbean Hindustani: paisa
  • → Sranan Tongo: paisa
• → Dhivehi: ފައިސާ‎ (faisā)
• → English: paisa
• → Kannada: ಪೈಸಾ (paisā)
• → Khumi Chin: phawisae
• → Malayalam: പൈസ (paisa)
• → Mauritian Creole: paisa
• → Pashto: پيسې‎
  • →? Persian: پیسه‎ (Dari)
• → Swahili: pesa
  • → German: pesa
  • → Kikuyu: mbeca
  • → Luo: pesa
• → Tamil: பைசா (paicā)
• → Telugu: పైసా (paisā)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “पैसा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “पैसा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “padāṁśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Noun

पैसा • (paisā)

1. paisa
2. money