sheqel

English

Alternative forms

shekel

Etymology

From Hebrew שֶׁקֶל‎ (sheqel), from שָׁקַל‎ (shaqal, “to weigh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃekəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛkəl
Hyphenation: sheq‧el

Noun

sheqel (plural sheqels or sheqalim)

A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
(informal) money.

Derived terms

new sheqel

Translations

currency unit in Israel

Arabic: شِيكِل‎ m (šekel), شِيكِل‎ m (šīkil)
Armenian: շեկել (hy) (šekel)
Bulgarian: ше́кел m (šékel)
Catalan: xéquel m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錫克爾, 锡克尔 (xíkè'ěr)
Czech: šekel m
Dutch: sjekel (nl) m
Finnish: sekeli (fi)
French: shekel (fr) m
German: Schekel (de) m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: σίκλος m (síklos)
Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל‎ (he) m (shékel)
Hindi: शेकेल (śekel)
Hungarian: sékel (hu)
Irish: seiceal m

Japanese: シェケル (shekeru)
Korean: 셰켈 (syekel)
Latvian: šekelis m
Lithuanian: šekelis m
Maori: hekere
Navajo: Ízrel bi-shékʼel ániidí
Persian: شکل‎ (fa) (šekel)
Polish: szekel (pl) m
Portuguese: shekel m
Russian: ше́кель (ru) m (šékelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шекел m

Roman: šekel (sh) m
Spanish: séquel m
Turkish: şekel (tr)
Ukrainian: ше́кель m (šékelʹ)
Yiddish: שעקעל‎ m (shekel)

See also

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