पैसा

See also: पासे and पास

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit पाद (pādá) + इका (ikā) + सदृशकः (sadṛśakaḥ)

Noun

पैसा • (paisā) m (Urdu spelling پیسا‎)

  1. paisa (a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee)
    एक रुपये में सौ पैसे होते हैं।
    ek rupye mẽ sau paise hote hain.
    There are a hundred paisas in 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.

References

  • John T. Platts (accessed 09-04-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎
  • Hardev Bahri (accessed 09-04-2012), “Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎

Nepali

Noun

पैसा • (paisā)

  1. paisa
  2. money
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.