paisa

paisa — noun

1. a small coin used in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, worth one-hundredth

1.名詞
釋義

a small coin used in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, worth one-hundredth of one rupee (or, in Bangladesh, one taka); the irregular plural form is 'paise'.

例句

The shopkeeper in Mumbai dropped a single paisa into the wooden donation box.

countable singular: a / one paisa

Anika counted fifty paise in copper coins on her grandmother's kitchen table.

irregular plural form: paise

同義詞
  • cent

    the equivalent in dollar-based currencies — same '1/100 of the main unit' role

  • penny

    British and Irish equivalent in pence-based currencies

文法句型

a paisa / one paisa

fifty paise (plural)

用法筆記

Singular form is 'paisa'; plural is the irregular 'paise', not 'paisas'. When used before another noun (e.g. 'a fifty-paisa coin'), the singular form stays even with a number greater than one.

常見錯誤

❌I gave him five paisas.
✅I gave him five paise.
💡the plural is 'paise', not 'paisas'.
❌a hundred paise coin
✅a hundred-paise coin' or 'a one-rupee coin
💡when modifying a noun, hyphenate; but 100 paise are usually called a rupee.