See paisa on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Caribbean Hindustani paisa, from Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "srn",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "paisa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"lang_code": "srn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"srn:Money"
],
"glosses": [
"money"
],
"links": [
[
"money",
"money#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sranan Tongo terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
24,
30
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
21,
26
]
],
"english": "I like the job, but the salary isn't good.",
"text": "A wroko mi lobi ma a paisa no bun.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"payment, salary"
],
"links": [
[
"payment",
"payment#English"
],
[
"salary",
"salary#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "paisa"
}
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