rupee

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the monetary unit of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Seychelles

   The Indian rupee fell against the dollar after the announcement.

2. 2
   noun

   a historical silver coin used in South Asia, especially from the sixteenth century onward

   The museum displayed a silver rupee minted during the Mughal era.

Through Hindustani rupiya from Sanskrit rupyaka ("silver coin"), from rupya ("wrought or stamped silver; coin"), related to rupa ("form, shape"). The name became established for a standard silver coin under the sixteenth-century ruler Sher Shah Suri.

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