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paisa¹
- /ˈpaɪsə/
Rhymes with -aɪsə
Where it comes from
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.
noun paisas · paise · baisa · baiza · poysha · poisha
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
- A subdivision of various former currencies of India.
paisa²
- /ˈpaɪsə/
Rhymes with -aɪsə
Where it comes from
From Spanish paisa, a shortening of paisano.
noun paisas
- A person hailing from the same country; in particular, a fellow Latino. ... 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
- A Latino who is not a gangster nor gang-affiliated. [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[…]
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title = {paisa},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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