rupee

[ roo-pee, roo-pee ]

/ ruˈpi, ˈru pi /

a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.

a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Mauritius, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, equal to 100 cents.

Also called rufiyaa. a coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, equal to 100 laris.

a former monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to 100 naye paise.

Origin of rupee

First recorded in 1605–15, rupee is from the Hindi word rupayā

runty, runup, runway, runyon, ruok, rupee, rupert, rupert's land, rupes altai, rupestrine, rupia

The rupee is falling in part because foreign investors have decided this is a bad time to be investing in India.

India’s Rupee Drops Off a Cliff |William O’Connor |August 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He praised her warmly, presented her with a rupee, and offered further instructions.

Tales of Bengal |S. B. Banerjea
A pot nearly full of water was boiled, some cow-dung and sacred rice added, and a rupee placed in the pot.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston
Her labour in the field is considered to be worth one rupee per day, while an average male Badaga earns merely three annas.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India |Edgar Thurston

It is a smaller coin than the kaldar, or Indian rupee, being about the size of a shilling.

At the Court of the Amr |John Alfred Gray
The appearances are very promising, for a handful of the earth on the surface will, by being washed, produce the value of a rupee.

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) |James Emerson Tennent

rupee

/ (ruːˈpiː) /

the standard monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan (divided into 100 paise), Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Seychelles (divided into 100 cents)

C17: from Hindi rupaīyā, from Sanskrit rūpya coined silver, from rūpa shape, beauty