جنيه

Bedeutung (Englisch)

pound (unit of currency)

Konzepte

Pfund

Pfund Sterling

Synonyme

جنيه إسترليني

Übersetzungen

pound

💷

livre

📖

sterlina

💷

libra

λίρα

sterling

libra

livre de Gibraltar

pound sterling

livre sterling

στερλίνα

sterlîn

Lebanese pound

Egyptian pound

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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