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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: ultimately from Hindi & Urdu pais?, a quarter-anna coin, from Old Indo-Aryan *pad?m?a quarter part; akin to Sanskrit pada footstep and a??a part Date: 1884 1. plural paisa — see rupee, taka at money table 2. plural paise — see rupee at money table

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. paise) a coin and monetary unit of India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, equal to one-hundredth of a rupee or taka. Etymology: Hindi