Paisa

Paisa (also transliterated as pice, pesa, poysha, poisha and baisa) is a monetary unit in several countries.

The word paisa is from the Sanskrit term padāṁśa (पदांश, basic unit), meaning 'quarter part base', from pada (पद) "foot or quarter or base" and aṁśa (अंश) "part or unit".

In Hindi, Bengali, Afghan Persian, Urdu, Nepali and other languages, the word paisa often means money or cash.

Medieval trade routes that spanned the Arabian Sea between India, the Arab regions and East Africa spread the usage of Indian subcontinent and Arabic currency terms across these areas.

[5] The word pesa as a reference to money in East African languages such as Swahili dates from that period.

Chaulukyas. 9th–10th century. Lot of sixty-eight AR 'Gadhaiya Paise'