جنيه

Senso (Inglese)

pound (unit of currency)

Concetti

sterlina

💷

libbra

💷

lira sterlina

lira

sterlina egiziana

sterlina libanese

sterlina siriana

sinonimi

جنيه إسترليني

Traduzioni

pound

💷

livre

📖

Pfund

libra

libra

pound sterling

livre sterling

livre de Gibraltar

λίρα

στερλίνα

sterlîn

sterling

Pfund Sterling

British pound

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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