shekel

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

shekel

Sinònims

sheqel

coin

🪙

shequel

Traduccions

Sekel

shekel

Schekel

siclo

miskal

sicle

servet

shekel

sikkel

shekel ’hadash

shekel

shekel israeliano

شاقل

siclo

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʃɛkəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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