paisa
/ˈpaɪsə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
noun
A subdivision of various former currencies of India.
Example Sentences
- "... 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 Brotherhood while in priso, described how the changing demographics of his neighborhood led to his being introduced to paisas who were moving meth in from Mexico. […] Wrangler went on to describe a specific contact from his neighborhood, Carlos, who […] had gone on to become part of a Latino stret gang and later a prison gang and had a connection with a wholesaler."
- "[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[…]"
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: पैसा, پَیسَہ, *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲, *पदांश, paisa
Usage
Inflected Forms
paisas (plural)
paise (plural)
baisa (alternative)
baiza (alternative)
poysha (alternative)
poisha (alternative)
pice (alternative)
pesa (alternative)
pajsa (alternative)