جنيه

Meaning

pound (unit of currency)

Concepts

pound

💷

pound sterling

sterling

Egyptian pound

Lebanese pound

Syrian pound

Gibraltar pound

nicker

sov

quid

British pound

Synonyms

جنيه إسترليني

Translations

livre

📖

sterlina

💷

Pfund

libra

Pfund Sterling

livre de Gibraltar

libra

livre sterling

sterlîn

λίρα

στερλίνα

lira

Livre syrienne

livre égyptienne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Etymology

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