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paisa

[ pahy-sah pahy-sah ]

noun

plural paise
  1. Also an aluminum coin and monetary unit, one 100th of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.


paisa

/ ˈ±è²¹Éª²õÉ‘Ë /

noun

  1. a monetary unit of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan worth one hundredth of a rupee
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Origin of paisa1

First recorded in 1880–85; from Hindi, Bengali ±è²¹¾±²õÄå, probably from Sanskrit ±èÄå»å²¹ “quarter†+ ²¹á¹ƒÅ›a “quarter partâ€; pada ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of paisa1

from Hindi
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Example Sentences

Save for a denim jacket, the Mexican American singer-songwriter is decked out in black, an outfit befitting the reigning prince of paisa sadness.

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The Spanish is paisa — countrified — while the English has the tough tone of someone who grew up off Vermont Avenue.

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He was carrying a pistol he’d bought from a “paisa†who had gone back to Mexico, he told the board.

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Many of the approximately 6,000 family members carry a genetic variant called the paisa mutation that inevitably leads to early-onset dementia.

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It was this mix of paisas, cholos, skaters, rockers, older people, younger people, people getting dropped off at the bus stop — everyone’s shopping.

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