Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Kalmar "rupee" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Sanskrit rūpya wanda ke nufin "azurfa da aka ƙera, tsabar kuɗi na azurfa", a asali wani adjective ma'anar "shapely", tare da ƙarin ma'anar ma'anar "an hatimce, an buga", daga nan "tsabar kuɗi". An samo shi ne daga sunan rūpa "siffa, kamannin, hoto". An kara gano kalmar rūpa a matsayin mai alaƙa da tushen Tamil uruppu, wanda ke nufin "wani ɓangare na jiki". Har ila yau, kalmar rūpam tana da tushe a cikin Tamil kamar yadda uru ((shape) wanda aka samo daga ur (form) wanda shi kansa yana da tushe a cikin ul ma'ana "bayyana".Rupiya an fara kiranta da tsabar azurfa mai nauyin hatsi 178 (11.53 g) wanda Sarkin sarakuna Sher Shah Suri ya buga a arewacin Indiya a lokacin mulkinsa na ɗan gajeren lokaci tsakanin 1540 da 1545. Suri kuma ya gabatar da tsabar kuɗin jan ƙarfe da ake kira dam da tsabar kuɗin zinariya da ake kira mohur wanda nauyinsa ya kai hatsi 169 (10.95 g).  Tambaya: Me ake nufi da kalmar rupya?
azurfa mai ƙyalƙyali, wata tsintsiya daga azurfa.