جنيه

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

pound (unit of currency)

Từ đồng nghĩa

جنيه إسترليني

Bản dịch

pound

💷

sterlina

💷

livre

📖

Pfund

libra

sterling

sterlîn

libra

livre sterling

livre de Gibraltar

pound sterling

λίρα

Pfund Sterling

στερλίνα

Phát âm là (IPA)

/d͡ʒu.najh/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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