shekel

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
2. (slang) Money.
3. (historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

Sinonieme

sheqel

coin

🪙

shequel

Vertalings

Sekel

shekel

Schekel

siclo

miskal

sicle

servet

shekel

para

💸

shekel israeliano

shekel

shekel ’hadash

shekel

شاقل

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʃɛkəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), from שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”), from Akkadian 𒂅 (šiqlum).