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title="silver">silver</a> <a href="/wiki/coin" title="coin">coin</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF#Sanskrit" title="रूप्य">रूप्य</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">rūpya</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/wrought" title="wrought">wrought</a> silver</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AF%B9&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span 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