Alternative Names and Pronunciations
"Rupee" is abbreviated as Re. (singular), Rs. (plural) and only as Rp. in Indonesia, as sign (Indian rupee symbol) in the case of the Indian rupee, a combination of the Devanagari letter "र" (ra) and the Roman capital letter "R".
Various languages render the word 'rupee' slightly differently -
- Sinhala: රුපියල් rupiyal
- Assamese: টকা ṭakā
- Bengali: টাকা ṭākā
- Maithili: টকা ṭakaā
- Dhivehi: ރުފިޔާ rufiyā
- Farsi: روپیه
- Gujarati: રૂપિયો rupiyo
- French: roupie
- Hindi-Urdu: रुपया روپیہ rupiyā
- Hungarian: rúpia
- Indonesian: rupiah
- Kannada: ರೂಪಾಯಿ rūpāyi
- Malayalam: രൂപ rūpa
- Marathi: रुपया rupayā
- Nepali: रुपैया rupaiyā
- Oriya: ଟଙ୍କା ṭaṁkā
- Pashto: روپۍ rupëi
- Portuguese: rupia
- Punjabi: ਰੁਪਈਆ rupīā
- Spanish: rupia
- Sanskrit: रूप्यकम् rūpyakam
- Tamil: ரூபாய் rūbāy derived from உருப்பு uruppu
- Telugu: రూపాయి rūpāyi
- Turkish: Rupi
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