جنيه

Significado (Inglês)

pound (unit of currency)

Conceitos

libra

libra estrelina

libra esterlina

libra egípcia

Libra libanesa

Libra síria

Sinônimos

جنيه إسترليني

Traduções

pound

💷

sterlina

💷

livre

📖

Pfund

libra

sterling

pound sterling

sterlîn

livre sterling

livre de Gibraltar

λίρα

στερλίνα

Pfund Sterling

British pound

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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