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پیسہ

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Baluchi

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Noun

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پیسہ (paysa)

  1. money

See also

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Urdu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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پَیسَہ (paisam (Hindi spelling पैसा)

  1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to 1100 of a rupee)
  2. money, cash
  3. wealth

Declension

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

Descendants

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References

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  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

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