paisa

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
  2. A person hailing from the same country; in particular, a fellow Latino. slang
    — ... prison, talked about his relationship with drug traffickers in Mexico some twenty-five years before. His street gang had a relationship with a paisa wholesaler. An understanding of respect existed between Rubén's gang and its paisa supplier[…] Wrangler, a White man who associated with the Aryan Brotherhood while in priso, described how the changing demographics of his neighborhood led to his being introduced to paisas who were moving meth in from Mexico. […] Wrangler went on to describe a specific contact from his neighborhood, Carlos, who […] had gone on to become part of a Latino stret gang and later a prison gang and had a connection with a wholesaler.
  3. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
  4. A Latino who is not a gangster nor gang-affiliated. slang
    — [The story] came to me in various versions from marero and paisa inmates who had been incarcerated in the early 2000s. “El Spyder. I knew him. He was sureño,” said Carlos, an[…]
  5. A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
  6. A subdivision of various former currencies of India. historical

词形变化

paisas plural paise plural baisa alternative baiza alternative poysha alternative poisha alternative pice alternative pesa alternative pajsa alternative paisas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
new paisa
相关词
naya paisa paisa vasool

词源

词源 1
From Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), presumably from unattested Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa), from पद (pada, “quarter”) + अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”) in reference its historical value of ¹⁄₄ anna.
词源 2
From Spanish paisa, a shortening of paisano.
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