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Indian rupee

Indian rupee

3.0
Official money of India equal to 100 paise
  • noun
  • /ˈɪndiən ruˈpi/
  • Indian
translation icon : rupia india
  • A 1995 World Bank study estimated that the annual health costs of ambient air pollution in Delhi alone were on the order of 3.5-14 billion Indian rupees (Rs.), or approximately US$100-400 million.

Examples

  • Take one prominent example: The 10 percent appreciation of the Indian rupee against the U.S. dollar in early 2007 contributed to a large percent increase in China's exports to India over the course of 2007.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The price of the smartphone dropped to 10,000 Indian rupees last week.

  • After exchanging my dollars, I had 5,000 Indian rupees in my wallet.

  • Many goods in India are priced in Indian rupees, which makes budgeting easier for locals.

Synonyms

rupee
vsIndian rupee
  • Indian
17 3.1

A unit of money used in countries such as India and Pakistan

is the official national currency unit used in only one country rather than many

Surface Forms

Indian rupee singular
Indian rupees plural

Morphology

Indian + rupee

The meaning 'the official currency of India' is directly and compositionally derived from 'Indian' (pertaining to India) + 'rupee' (a unit of currency). This adjective+noun pattern indicating origin/possession is a basic, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Indian rupee comes from the old word rupiya, which meant 'stamped silver' — a silver coin marked with a ruler's seal. Long ago rulers used these silver coins, so the word stayed as the name for India's money today.