naya paisa

[ nuh-yahpahy-sah ]

/ nəˈyɑ paɪˈsɑ /

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noun, plural na·ye pai·se

[nuh-yeypahy-sey]. /nəˈyeɪ paɪˈseɪ/.

a former monetary unit of India and Bhutan, one 100th of a rupee.

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Origin of naya paisa

First recorded in 1955–60; from Hindi nayā paisā “new pice”; see origin at new, paisa

Words nearby naya paisa

nawab, Naxalite, Naxçivan, Naxos, nay, naya paisa, Nayarit, Nay Pyi Taw, naysay, naysayer, Nazarene

How to use naya paisa in a sentence

Santana (Naya Rivera) remembered Finn as the first person to crack through her hardened façade.
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I spent four months at Sayyed Naya, where conditions were slightly better, but not much.
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Naya, with the dead child in her arms, was found the next day at our door.
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The soldiers of the Naya are still anxious for the fourth time to try conclusions with thy white-cloaked rabble.
The Great White Queen|William Le Queux

"I care nought for thy Naya nor thy pagan Crocodile-god," exclaimed the Mohammedan chief impatiently.
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We were driven forward to the doom to which the inhuman enemy of the Naya of Mo had so ruthlessly consigned us.
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"When the son of the great Naya of Mo punishes his enemies, Kona will go and assist in their destruction," he said one night.
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