پیسہ
Urdu
Alternative forms
- پَیسَا (paisā)
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɛː.sɑ(ː)/
- (Karachi Urdu) IPA(key): [peː.sɑ(ː)]
- Hyphenation: پَے‧سَہ
Noun
پَیسَہ • (paisa) m (Hindi spelling पैसा)
Declension
| Declension of پیسہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | پَیسہ (paisah) | پَیسے (paise) |
| oblique | پَیسے (paise) | پَیسوں (paisõ) |
| vocative | پَیسے (paise) | پَیسو (paiso) |
Descendants
- → Bengali: পয়সা (poẏośa)
- → Gujarati: પૈસા (paisā)
- → Punjabi: ਪੈਸਾ (paisā)
- → Marathi: पैसा (paisā)
- → Konkani: पैसा (paisā)
- → Nepali: पैसा (paisā)
- → Phalura: paisá
- → Arabic: بَيْسَة (baysa)
- → 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
- → Tamil: பைசா (paicā)
- → Telugu: పైసా (paisā)
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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], 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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