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The rupee is the money of India, and also of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and some other countries. Each country has its own rupee; an Indian rupee is not the same as a Pakistani one, even though they share the name.
The rupee盧比is the money of India是印度的貨幣and also of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and some other countries也是巴基斯坦、斯里蘭卡、尼泊爾和其他一些國家的貨幣。Each country每個國家has its own rupee都有自己的盧比; an Indian rupee印度盧比is not the same as a Pakistani one跟巴基斯坦盧比不是同一種even though they share the name雖然名字一樣。
In shops and news you will see it , and India’s has its own sign, ₹. In English we say one rupee, two rupees.
In shops and news在店家和新聞裡you will see it shortened你會看到它被縮寫and India's has its own sign, ₹而印度盧比有自己的符號₹。In English在英文裡we say one rupee, two rupees我們會說one rupee、two rupees。
People in Taiwan will know the Indian one best from news and travel.
People in Taiwan台灣人will know the Indian one best from news and travel最熟悉的大概是從新聞和旅遊認識的印度盧比。
Though actually, the old coins were silver, and the name itself comes from a word for silver that has been worked, or a stamped coin. A sultan in India in the 1540s, Sher Shah Suri, used a Hindustani word for that silver coin; English later borrowed it as rupee.
Though actually不過其實the old coins以前的硬幣were silver是銀的and the name itself而這個名字本身comes from a Sanskrit word for silver that has been worked, or a stamped coin來自一個梵文字，指經過加工的銀，或是壓印過的硬幣。A sultan in India in the 1540s在1540年代印度的一位蘇丹, Sher Shah Suri謝爾沙．蘇里used a Hindustani word for that silver coin用了一個印度斯坦語的字來指這種銀幣; English英文later borrowed it as rupee後來把它借用成rupee。
Do not mix it up with Indonesia’s money, which sounds like a cousin but is a different currency with a different name.
Do not mix it up with Indonesia's money不要把它跟印尼的貨幣搞混which聽起來sounds like a cousin像是它的近親but is a different currency with a different name但其實是不同名字的不同貨幣。
組成From Hindustani rūpīya / rūpaya, used by Sher Shah Suri (sultan 1540–1545) for his silver coin, from Sanskrit rūpyaka, “silver coin,” from rūpya, “wrought gold or silver; a stamped coin.” Same old root as rupiah and rufiyaa.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rupeenoun/ˌɹuːˈpiː/
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Any of the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka.
- In fact, the visible appearance of the iron is a symbol; it is not what it ultimately is. To take an analogy we are given a ten-rupee note. He knows it truly who at sight recognizes the piece of paper as a symbol of unity that represents ten separate silver coins.
- In the fifth and sixth [standard] I obtained scholarships of rupees four and ten respectively, an achievement for which I have to thank good luck more than my merit.
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historicalA silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains).
- The only Evidence that was produced by the [East India] Company, was, a letter from Samuel Annesley, at Surrat, dated the 16th January 1694; wherein he gives this Account: Rupees. 655,000. Sent home as Cargo in the Ships Defence and Resolution.
- The roupie, as the French write it, roupee, or rupee, as it is ſpelt in our authors, is a ſilver coin, ſomething broader than one of our ſhillings, and much thicker; in point of fineneſs, it is better than the Engliſh ſtandard; for its weight is 7 dwt. 11 gr. which, reduced to our ſtandard, would be 7 dwt. 13 mt. ²⁄₂²⁄₆¹⁄₆³⁄₄.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。