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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)
- The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka, often abbreviated ?.
- (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
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xeraphim
English
Alternative forms
- xeraphin, xerapheen
Etymology
From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic ????????? (ašr?f), plural form of ??????? (šar?f, “highborn”).
Noun
xeraphim (plural xeraphims)
- (obsolete) An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
References
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913).
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