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جنيه

Anlam (İngilizce)

pound (unit of currency)

Kavramlar

Eş anlamlılar

جنيه إسترليني

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/d͡ʒu.najh/
Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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

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