flous فلوس
Algerian Darja · noun
“flous” (فلوس) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning money (currency).
Meanings
- money (currency)
- chick (pronounced fellous)
Usage
Flous means money in general. The word is grammatically plural: you say el-flous rahom, not rah. In Algeria, drahem is very common for the same meaning, and the two coexist. Common phrases include chkara ta3 flous ("a bag of money", a large sum) and ma 3andich flous ("I have no money"). Written فلوس, the word can also be read fellous, "chick" (plural flales). Only pronunciation and context distinguish the two meanings, which often trips up readers.
Example
ما عنديش الفلوس باش نشري الطوموبيل
ma 3andich lflous bach nechri tomobil
“I don't have the money to buy the car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “flous” but also “flouss”, “felous”, “fellous” and “flos”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “flous” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “money (currency, sum)”; “funds, financial means”: flous in Moroccan.