# rupia
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹuːpi.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːpiə

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ῥυπία (rhupía), from ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”).

#### Noun

rupia (plural rupias)
* (pathology) An ulcer due to syphilis.

##### Derived terms

* rupial

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

rupia (plural rupias)
* (historical) The former currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.

#### See also

* rupee
* rupiah

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ruˈpi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ruˈpi.a]

### Noun

rupia f (plural rupies)
* rupee (currency)

### Further reading

* “rupia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “rupia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “rupia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrupiɑ/, [ˈrupiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -upiɑ
* Hyphenation: ru‧pia

### Etymology 1

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), रुपया (rupyā) and/or Urdu رپیا (rupyā), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

#### Noun

rupia
* rupee
* rupia

##### Declension

Possessive forms of rupia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rupiani
rupiani
accusative
nom.
rupiani
rupiani
gen.
rupiani
genitive
rupiani
rupioideni rupioitteni rupiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
rupiaani
rupioitani
inessive
rupiassani
rupioissani
elative
rupiastani
rupioistani
illative
rupiaani
rupioihini
adessive
rupiallani
rupioillani
ablative
rupialtani
rupioiltani
allative
rupialleni
rupioilleni
essive
rupianani
rupioinani
translative
rupiakseni
rupioikseni
abessive
rupiattani
rupioittani
instructive
comitative
—rupioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rupiasi
rupiasi
accusative
nom.
rupiasi
rupiasi
gen.
rupiasi
genitive
rupiasi
rupioidesi rupioittesi rupiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
rupiaasi
rupioitasi
inessive
rupiassasi
rupioissasi
elative
rupiastasi
rupioistasi
illative
rupiaasi
rupioihisi
adessive
rupiallasi
rupioillasi
ablative
rupialtasi
rupioiltasi
allative
rupiallesi
rupioillesi
essive
rupianasi
rupioinasi
translative
rupiaksesi
rupioiksesi
abessive
rupiattasi
rupioittasi
instructive
comitative
—rupioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rupiamme
rupiamme
accusative
nom.
rupiamme
rupiamme
gen.
rupiamme
genitive
rupiamme
rupioidemme rupioittemme rupiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
rupiaamme
rupioitamme
inessive
rupiassamme
rupioissamme
elative
rupiastamme
rupioistamme
illative
rupiaamme
rupioihimme
adessive
rupiallamme
rupioillamme
ablative
rupialtamme
rupioiltamme
allative
rupiallemme
rupioillemme
essive
rupianamme
rupioinamme
translative
rupiaksemme
rupioiksemme
abessive
rupiattamme
rupioittamme
instructive
comitative
—rupioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rupianne
rupianne
accusative
nom.
rupianne
rupianne
gen.
rupianne
genitive
rupianne
rupioidenne rupioittenne rupiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
rupiaanne
rupioitanne
inessive
rupiassanne
rupioissanne
elative
rupiastanne
rupioistanne
illative
rupiaanne
rupioihinne
adessive
rupiallanne
rupioillanne
ablative
rupialtanne
rupioiltanne
allative
rupiallenne
rupioillenne
essive
rupiananne
rupioinanne
translative
rupiaksenne
rupioiksenne
abessive
rupiattanne
rupioittanne
instructive
comitative
—rupioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rupiansa
rupiansa
accusative
nom.
rupiansa
rupiansa
gen.
rupiansa
genitive
rupiansa
rupioidensa rupioittensa rupiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
rupiaansa
rupioitaan rupioitansa
inessive
rupiassaan rupiassansa
rupioissaan rupioissansa
elative
rupiastaan rupiastansa
rupioistaan rupioistansa
illative
rupiaansa
rupioihinsa
adessive
rupiallaan rupiallansa
rupioillaan rupioillansa
ablative
rupialtaan rupialtansa
rupioiltaan rupioiltansa
allative
rupialleen rupiallensa
rupioilleen rupioillensa
essive
rupianaan rupianansa
rupioinaan rupioinansa
translative
rupiakseen rupiaksensa
rupioikseen rupioiksensa
abessive
rupiattaan rupiattansa
rupioittaan rupioittansa
instructive
comitative
—rupioineen rupioinensa :

#### Further reading

* “rupia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

rupia
* partitive plural of rupi
* (dialectal) partitive singular of rupi

##### Synonyms

* (singular, standard) rupea (noun form)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

rupia
* (dialectal) present active indicative connegative of ruveta
* (dialectal) second-person singular present imperative of ruveta
* (dialectal) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of ruveta

##### Synonyms

* (standard) rupea (verb form)

### Anagrams

* apuri, pirua

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā)/Urdu رپیا (rupyā), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

#### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ia
* IPA: /ruˈpi.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: ru‧pì‧a

#### Noun

rupia f (plural rupie)
* rupia, rupee (currency)

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “dirt, filth”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈru.pja/
* Rhymes: -upja
* Hyphenation: rù‧pia

#### Noun

rupia f (plural rupie)
* (pathology) a kind of ulcer

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā), from Urdu رپیا (rupayā), coined by Mughal emperor Sher Shah Suri (1540–45), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ruˈpia/, [ru.ˈpʰi.a]
* Hyphenation: ru‧pi‧a

### Noun

rupia (Lontara spelling ᨑᨘᨄᨗᨕ)
* The guilder (before 1950)
    Sibatu rupia tassampulo uang anggaʼna.A guilder worth ten doits.
    Sibatu rupia mata-uang.A silver guilder.
* The rupiah (the official currency of Indonesia)
    Ballinna anjo bajua sibilanngang saʼbu rupia.The price of the clothes is one hundred thousand rupiah.
    Limassaʼbu rupia doeʼna.The money is five thousand rupiah.

#### Descendants

* Burarra: rrupiya
* Dhuwal: rrupiya
* Iwaidja: rubiya
* Maung: rrupiya
* Tiwi: wurrupiya

### Further reading

* A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎, Brill, →DOI

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/ [huˈpi.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/ [huˈpi.ɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/ [χuˈpi.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁuˈpi.a/ [huˈpi.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁuˈpi.ɐ/

### Noun

rupia f (plural rupias)
* rupee (currency unit used in India, Pakistan and other countries)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrupja/ [ˈru.pja]
* Rhymes: -upja
* Syllabification: ru‧pia

### Noun

rupia f (plural rupias)
* any of several current and historical currencies, including the rupee, rupiah, and rupia

### Further reading

* “rupia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

rupia class IX (plural rupia class X)
* The rupee, an Indian unit of currency formerly used in East Africa.

### References

* ↑ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “[…] words that came from the Indian Ocean realm, for example, rupia (rupee) from Hindi”