rupee


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rupee /ruːˈpiː, rʊˈpiː/
noun the basic monetary unit of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, equal to 100 paise in India, Pakistan, and Nepal and 100 cents in Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.
– origin via Hindi from Sanskrit rūpya ‘wrought silver’.
'rupee' also found in these Oxford entries:
anna - buck - paisa - Rs - rupiah

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