جنيه

Significat (Anglès)

pound (unit of currency)

Conceptes

lliura

lliura esterlina

lliura egípcia

lliura libanesa

lliura síria

Sinònims

جنيه إسترليني

Traduccions

pound

💷

sterlina

💷

livre

📖

Pfund

libra

pound sterling

στερλίνα

libra

λίρα

livre sterling

sterling

Pfund Sterling

sterlîn

livre de Gibraltar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Etimologia (Anglès)

19th century, from Egyptian Arabic جنيه (ginēh), classicized after the diminutive measure فُعَيْل (fuʕayl). The Egyptian word is from English guinea; historically, a guinea was worth one pound and one shilling. In view of the (former) importance of French learning in Egypt, the final stress may follow French guinée, itself from the English