پیسه

See also: پیشہ, پیسہ, پیشه, بیشه, and تیشه

Persian

From Middle Persian [script needed] (pys /⁠pēs⁠/, “mottled, leprous; leper”). Akin to Old Armenian պիսակ (pisak), an Iranian borrowing.

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰeː.sǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰeː.sǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰeː.sǽ]


Iranian Persian	پیسه
Dari	پیسه
Tajik	песа

پیسه • (pise)

Debated, either from Middle Persian [script needed] (ptwʾsk' /⁠paywāsag⁠/, “purse, wallet”). Akin to Old Armenian պայուսակ (payusak, “purse, pouch”), an Iranian borrowing. Or from Sanskrit पद + अंश (pada + aṃśa, “quarter + part, piece”) via Hindustani پَیسے / पैसे (paise, “money, cash, coin”), akin to Pashto پیسې and Baluchi .

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.sä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.sä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäj.sä]

پَیسَه or پیسه • (paysa or peyse)