جنيه

Signification (Anglais)

pound (unit of currency)

Concepts

livre

📖

livre sterling

livre de Gibraltar

livre égyptienne

Livre syrienne

Synonymes

جنيه إسترليني

Traductions

pound

💷

sterlina

💷

Pfund

libra

Pfund Sterling

pound sterling

sterling

sterlîn

λίρα

στερλίνα

libra

British pound

quid

lliura egípcia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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