فلوس

فلوس

See also: ڢلوس‎

Arabic

Noun

فُلُوس • (fulūs) pl

1. plural of فِلْس‎ (fils)

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس‎ (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.luːs/

Noun

فلوس • (filūs)

1. money

   ‏معنديش عربيّة علشان مفيش فلوس كفاية‎

   maʔindīš ʔarabiyya ʔalašān mafīš filūs kifāya

   I don't have a car because there's not enough money .

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Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس‎ (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /fluːs/

Noun

فْلوس • (flūs)

1. (plural only) money
2. plural of فِلْس‎ (“fils, a unit of currency equivalent to 1/1000th of a Kuwaiti and Bahraini Dinar”)

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس‎ (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuluːs/, /filuːs/

Noun

فلوس • (fulūs, filūs)

1. (plural only) money

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فُلُوس‎ (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluːs/

• Audio

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Noun

فلوس • (flūs) m pl

1. money
2. plural of فلس‎ (fals, “dime”)

Descendants

• → Dutch: floes
• → Swedish: flos

Etymology 2

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language, from Latin pullus. Compare Libyan Arabic فِلُّوس‎ (fillūs), Maltese fellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal.luːs/

Noun

فلوس • (fallūs) m (plural فلالس‎ (flālis))

1. chick, young chicken

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ل س‎

Etymology

From Arabic فُلُوس‎ (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluːs/, [fluːs]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

فلوس • (flūs) pl

1. plural of فلس‎ (fils, “a small coin”)
2. money

   Synonym: مصاري‎ (maṣāri)

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Tunisian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فُلُوس‎ (fulūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluːs/

Noun

فلوس (flūs) m pl

1. money

Etymology 2

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language, from Latin pullus. Compare Moroccan Arabic فلوس‎ (fallūs), Libyan Arabic فِلُّوس‎ (fillūs), Maltese fellus.

Noun

فلوس (fallūs) m (plural فلالس‎ (flālis))

1. chick, young chicken