different between rufiyah vs rupee

English

Etymology

From Hindi ?????? (rup?y?), variant of ????? (rupy?) or Urdu ????? (rupay?, “rupee”), coined by Sher Shah Suri (reigned 1540–1545) from Sanskrit ?????? (r?pyaka, “silver coin”), from ????? (r?pya, “wrought gold or silver; stamped coin; beautiful, well-shaped; impressed, stamped”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??u??pi?/, /??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?u?pi/, /??upi/
• Hyphenation: ru?pee

Noun

rupee (plural rupees)

1. The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka, often abbreviated ?.
2. (historical) A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains).

Derived terms

• Cocos rupee

Related terms

• rufiyaa
• rupiah

Translations

See also

• ? (“rupee currency sign”), Re (“abbreviation for rupee”), Rs (“abbreviation for rupees”)
• ? (“Indian rupee currency sign”)
• ? (?, “Gujarati rupee currency sign”)
• ? (?, “Tamil rupee currency sign”)
• (superunit): mohur, double mohur
• (subdivisions): anna, ana; paisa, pice; pie

References

• John Thompson Platts (1884) A Dictionary of Urd?, Classical Hindi, and English?^[1], London: W. H. Allen & Co., OCLC 251644570, pages 586 and 604.

Further reading

• rupee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• puree, purée