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paisa

/ˈpaɪsə/

paisa noun: a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.

paisa: a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee
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Noun (1)

paisa (plural paisas or paise)

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
  2. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
  3. A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
  4. (historical) A subdivision of various former currencies of India.

Noun (2)

paisa (plural paisas)

  1. (slang) A person hailing from the same country; in particular, a fellow Latino.
    • ... prison, talked about his relationship with drug traffickers in Mexico some twenty-five years before. His street gang had a relationship with a paisa wholesaler. An understanding of respect existed between Rubén's gang and its paisa supplier[…] Wrangler, a White man who associated with the Aryan...2022 August 15, Rajeev V. Gundur, Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 168
  2. (slang) A Latino who is not a gangster nor gang-affiliated.
    • [The story] came to me in various versions from marero and paisa inmates who had been incarcerated in the early 2000s. “El Spyder. I knew him. He was sureño,” said Carlos, an[…]2018 November 6, Anthony W. Fontes, Mortal Doubt: Transnational Gangs and Social Order in Guatemala City, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 86

paisa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

paisa in Hindi

paisa
पैसा paisā

paisa in Tamil

காசு

paisa in Marathi

paisa
पैसा paisā

paisa in Urdu

paisa
پیسہ paisa
More languagesFewer languages
paisa in Bengali
পয়সা poẏśa
paisa in Telugu
పైసా paisā
paisa in Malayalam
പൈസ paisa
paisa in Gujarati
પૈસો paiso
paisa in Nepali
पैसा paisā

Forms of paisa

pluralpaisas
pluralpaise
alternative formbaisa
alternative formbaiza
alternative formpoysha
alternative formpoisha
alternative formpice
alternative formpesa
alternative formpajsa

Origin of paisa

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.

From Spanish paisa, a shortening of paisano.

Words formed from paisa

Words that rhyme with paisa

Questions about paisa

What does paisa mean?
Paisa means a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
What is paisa in Hindi?
Paisa in Hindi is पैसा (paisā). See Paisa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is paisa?
Paisa is a noun.
How do you pronounce paisa?
Paisa is pronounced /ˈpaɪsə/.
What is the plural of paisa?
The plural of paisa is paisas.

Words near paisa in the dictionary

  1. pairwised
  2. pairwisely
  3. pairwork
  4. pais
  5. Pais effect
  6. paisa
  7. paisa vasool
  8. paisan
  9. paisana
  10. paisanas
  11. paisano

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: paisa (page history and authors); पैसा (Hindi) (page history and authors); paisa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पैसा (Marathi) (page history and authors); پیسہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); পয়সা (Bengali) (page history and authors); పైసా (Telugu) (page history and authors); പൈസ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); પૈસો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); पैसा (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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