| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pai·sa |
| PRONUNCIATION: | p -sä |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. pai·se (-s ) or paisa See table at currency. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi pais , from Sanskrit *pad  a , quarter part : padam, foot, quarter (of a verse); see ped- in Appendix I + a a , portion; see nek-2 in Appendix I.
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