rufiyaa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dhivehi ރުފިޔާ (rufiyā), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “a silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee and rupiah.

Noun

rufiyaa (plural rufiyaas)

  1. The official currency of the Maldives, equal to 100 laari.

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.