Talk:Paisa

Untitled
I'd like to see a conversion to USD and EUR. --zandperl 00:22, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Arun's rewording
Why did you remove any references to Bangladesh???--Ragib 16:05, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I created the Poisha article, as I was under the impression that was the correct English spelling of Paisa. Maybe I should just make it a redirect and merge them? --Arun 21:25, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, according to Banglapedia [ http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/T_0032.htm], the transliteration used is Paisa. Adding a redirect in Poisa is definitely a good idea. :) --Ragib 22:02, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Pakistani paisa
Does anyone know what the Urdu writing for the word paisa? I've looked everywhere, but can't find it anywhere. Dtbohrer 03:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Yep, it's "PYSH", so to speak. You'll find it spelled out on some of the paisa coins illustrated in this article. Alfons Åberg 09:36, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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Etymology
What about the etymology of the word "paisa"? And is there any linguistic connnection (one way or the other) to the Hispanic "peso"? --SohanDsouza 13:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I know this is quite late(8 years; almost a decade!). If you want etymology for small subjects, it's much wiser to go to Wiktionary (which probably wasn't even active then). Peso comes from a PIE root for weight, while paisa comes from a root for "foot", like octopus or podiatrician.Qwed117 (talk) 16:22, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

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Other nations use this denomination
One public source of information is the Standard World Catalog of Coins, 1901-2000, published by Krause Publications. This is issued each year. My copy is the 2007 edition. In this we find that Afghanistan and Bhutan have also used the paise as a denomination. I note also that Muscat & Oman have seom coins denominated as baise (or baiza), which seems to be the same denomination, since 4 baiza = 1 anna, and 64 baiza = 1 rupee in their currency. This same volume indicates that in Italian Somaliland, the besa (plural: bese) is used as a denomination, with 100 bese = 1 rupia, suggesting that this, too is the same denomination (or rather the same as the decimalized version).

Given the Moorish influence in Spain, I find the suggestion that the peso is also related plausible enough to deserve careful investigation. 67.241.84.204 (talk) 05:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)Mark A. Brown, 15 March, 2009

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 * Gupta, Om. Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House, 2006. ISBN 8182053897, 9788182053892.

Notation
The Indian rupee sign ₹ was not introduced until 2010. Examples of notation like "₹1/15/3/2" cannot be right. I'll remove the section added by 42.111.130.30, but I hope somebody can find a source showing how pre-decimal currency amounts were actually written in India and Pakistan. TJollans (talk) 12:42, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Bangladesh's currency.
The subdivision of the Bangladeshi taka is actually Poisha, not 'Poysha'.

All the major coin catalogues give their spelling as 'Poisha'. - (124.197.55.28 (talk) 12:04, 18 June 2020 (UTC))