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paisa

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈpaɪsə/Part of speech nounSorted aaipsStarts with PEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan

Word origin

From Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), presumably from unattested Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa), from पद (pada, “quarter”) + अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”) in reference its historical value of ¹⁄₄ anna.

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