جنيه

Significado (Inglés)

pound (unit of currency)

Conceptos

libra

libra esterlina

libra de Gibraltar

Sinónimos

جنيه إسترليني

Traducciones

pound

💷

sterlina

💷

livre

📖

Pfund

sterling

sterlîn

libra

livre sterling

livre de Gibraltar

λίρα

pound sterling

στερλίνα

Pfund Sterling

British pound

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Etimología (Inglés)

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