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paisa
 
SYLLABICATION:pai·sa
PRONUNCIATION:  p-sä
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. pai·se (-s) or paisa
See table at currency.
ETYMOLOGY:Hindi pais, from Sanskrit *pada, quarter part : padam, foot, quarter (of a verse); see ped- in Appendix I + aa, portion; see nek-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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