RUPEE
What does "RUPEE" mean?
The basic monetary unit of India, Pakistan, and several other South Asian countries.
Meanings
- The standard currency of India and several neighboring nations, divided into smaller units such as paise. The street vendor charged twenty rupees for the chai.
Did you know?
- The word rupee comes from the Sanskrit 'rupya', meaning 'wrought silver'-a reminder that the coin was once literally a measure of silver, not paper.
Word origin
From Hindi/Urdu 'rupaya', from Sanskrit 'rupya' meaning 'wrought silver' or 'coin of silver'; the term was standardized as a silver coin in 16th-century India.
Remember it
RUPEE sounds like 'roo-pee'-picture a kangaroo paying with a silver coin.
A little poem
A silver word, worn
smooth through a thousand bazaars-
old metal, new hands.
haiku
What it teaches
Even paper money carries the ghost of the metal it replaced-value is a story we agree to keep telling.
Quick facts
What does RUPEE mean?
The basic monetary unit of India, Pakistan, and several other South Asian countries.
Is RUPEE a valid word?
Yes — RUPEE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RUPEE?
RUPEE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does RUPEE come from?
From Hindi/Urdu 'rupaya', from Sanskrit 'rupya' meaning 'wrought silver' or 'coin of silver'; the term was standardized as a silver coin in 16th-century India.
What can RUPEE teach us?
Even paper money carries the ghost of the metal it replaced-value is a story we agree to keep telling.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.