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rufiyaa

rufiyaa noun: the official currency of the Maldives, equal to 100 laari.

rufiyaa: the official currency of the Maldives, equal to 100 laari
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Noun

rufiyaa (plural rufiyaa or rufiyaas)

  1. The official currency of the Maldives, equal to 100 laari.
    • Selling tobacco products to an underage person carries a penalty of 50,000 rufiyaa ($3,200), while using vape devices carries a fine of 5,000 rufiyaa ($320).2025 November 1, “Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2025

rufiyaa meaning in Gujarati

rufiyaa in Gujarati

rufiyaa, the official currency of Maldives, equal to 100 laari
રુફિયા ruphiyā
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Dhivehi
ރުފިޔާ rufiyā

Forms of rufiyaa

pluralrufiyaa
pluralrufiyaas

Origin of rufiyaa

Borrowed from Dhivehi ރުފިޔާ (rufiyā), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “a silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee and rupiah.

Questions about rufiyaa

What does rufiyaa mean?
Rufiyaa means the official currency of the Maldives, equal to 100 laari.
What is rufiyaa in Gujarati?
Rufiyaa in Gujarati is રુફિયા (ruphiyā). See Rufiyaa meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is rufiyaa?
Rufiyaa is a noun.
What is the plural of rufiyaa?
The plural of rufiyaa is rufiyaa.

Words near rufiyaa in the dictionary

  1. rufinamide
  2. Rufino
  3. Rufinos
  4. rufiopin
  5. Rufisque
  6. rufiyaa
  7. rufiyaas
  8. rufloxacin
  9. Rufo
  10. rufo-
  11. rufobrunneous

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rufiyaa (page history and authors); રુફિયા (Gujarati) (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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