Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

siglos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: sig-los
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίγλος (síglos), from Semitic. Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel), Akkadian 𒅆𒅗𒇻 (šiqlu).

Inflected Forms

sigloi (plural)

Questions

What does siglos mean?: A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.
Where does siglos come from?: From Ancient Greek σίγλος (síglos), from Semitic. Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel), Akkadian 𒅆𒅗𒇻 (šiqlu).

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