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rufiyaa

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ru⋅fi⋅yaa

  [roo-fee-yah]
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–noun, plural -yaa.
rupee (def. 3).

ru⋅pee

  [roo-pee, roo-pee]
–noun
1. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
2. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Mauritius, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, equal to 100 cents.
3. Also called rufiyaa. a coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, equal to 100 laris.
4. a former monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to 100 naye paise.
Origin:
1605–15; < Hindi rupayā
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ru·fi·yaa   (rōō'fē-yä')   
n.  See Table at currency.

[Maldivean, from Hindi rupayā, rupiyā; see rupee.]
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Word Origin & History

rupee 
Indian coin, 1612, from Hindi or Urdu rupiyah, from Skt. rupyah "wrought silver," originally "something provided with an image, a coin," from rupah "shape, likeness, image."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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