A former monetary unit of India and Pakistan, worth one sixteenth of a rupee.
From Hindi 'anna,' possibly from Sanskrit 'anya' meaning 'other' or 'one,' used as a counting unit; became standardized in British colonial India.
The anna disappeared when India adopted decimal currency in 1957—it's a ghostly reminder of how empires reorganize even money, leaving behind confusing old systems.
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